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...quarter century of alleged abuse finally took its toll on a Mt. Auburn St. landmark yesterday, when city-commissioned landscapers cut down the historic tree in front of the One Freedom Square headquarters of The Harvard Lampoon...
...some legal experts across the nation are not so confident that this case will prove to be the landmark that the students hope it will be. They say that claims of discriminatory hiring levelled at universities are notoriously hard...
...remembered as the first woman vice-presidential candidate, not as the only one. And the next presidential bid by a woman will not just be remembered for having ended in tears, as Schroeder's did in 1987. Harvard psychologist Carol Gilligan, author of In A Different Voice, a landmark study of gender differences, argues that women have greater moral strength, a stronger ethic of care and overriding concern for making and maintaining relationships -- all qualities of a good politician. She has even said that feelings -- and, yes, tears if it should come to that -- have their place...
...tired, poor, huddled masses seeking to get into the U.S. will now have a better chance if they also possess sought-after job skills. In a landmark revision of the nation's immigration laws, the second in five years, congressional conferees decided to raise the number of foreigners admitted annually to 700,000 starting in 1992, and to 675,000 after 1995 -- a significant increase over the current 490,000. The quota for newcomers with needed professional skills, such as scientists and engineers, would rise sharply, from...
...building is the only North American creation of the famed French architect, Le Corbusier, and is widely considered to be a landmark of modern design...