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...says Horner, Harvard is a major research institution, a "very different ballgame" from Radcliffe, which "commands enormous respect for the quality of its students and the courage it has had." The contrast, as one Capitol Hill staffer says, is in the aura; "When Harvard talks, people are inclined to lend a friendly ear," he says. Wolanin differs somewhat in his assessment. "What makes the difference between two institutions is what they say," he insists, adding, "Some of the best ideas come from unprestigious and unknown universities...
Although some U.S. banks lend to corporations that benefit blacks in South Africa, the Sullivan Committee believes loans to the government or its agencies support a system that is against the interests of blacks, Parnell said...
...when the Fed tried to curb the pace of business?and inflation?by limiting the supply of money, banks were able to circumvent this tightening by obtaining Eurodollars. The 8% reserve requirement will discourage this by making that money more costly for the banks to borrow, since they cannot lend it all to their customers...
...trip. But, as an activist on the women's issue noted, "we had hoped for a miracle -that he wouldn't say anything." The Pope chose to delve into these controversies, in part, because he was under heavy pressure from the majority of American bishops to lend his popularity and publicity to their attempt to back unpopular church teachings...
Most departmental chairman argue their field simply does not lend itself to instruction by seminars. McCaffrey says, History junior tutorials are year-long chronological studies and a topical half-year seminar is not an acceptable substitute. But History sophomore tutorials are divided into four specialized units and a seminar might easily take the place of two units. "We will discuss it," Stephan A. Thernstrom, head tutor in History, said. More often than not, departments report no plans for seminars this year, though some tentatively hazard the speculation that they might "consider the possibility" at some unspecified "later date." Maybe...