Word: letters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government letter, which was not an official citation, never even penetrated the inner circles of University decision-makers. The stairwell had even been covered with a fence, which was taken down before the accident. Top maintence officials said they never knew of the temporary fence, the letter or the risk...
...Carpenter center case, two Harvard officials were sent copies of the 1985 safety complaint--one an administrator of the building, another a maintenance official. The Carpenter administrator said she forwarded the letter to Facilities Maintenance, while the Facilities Maintenance official, who must have been sent two letters on the subject, said, "I really don't recall any of the details...
...support the congressional move to open debate. As the congressmen stated in a letter to the patent office, "The Patent Office has been given no clear and certain signal from Congress that the unrestricted patenting of animals is acceptable public policy." At the genesis of such important and far-reaching technological developments, we should all be given a say in policy before a government agency--quietly, without discussion--decides...
...experts and interested constituents -- in this case, two dozen women's groups and a total of 75,000 women in dioceses and at colleges and military bases. For the first time, however, the text is alive with direct quotes from participants in those often heated discussions. "We wanted the letter to be authentic, not just bishops speaking but women also," explains Chairman Imesch. A sample zinger from Savannah: "I maintain membership in a church that is blatantly sexist." In Fort Worth, women complained that the ban on birth control meant "finding peace of mind only after childbearing years were over...
Concerned citizens should pressure their legislators to make housing a civil right and help the homeless return to normal lives, said Lynch. "If only people would write their legislators to show support," she said. "It's amazing what one letter or one phone call will...