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...said, "I deeply regret the impact of my comments ... I was wrong to have spoken in a way that has resulted in an unintended signal of discouragement to talented girls and women." Nevertheless, his original remarks set off a furor that will not quickly die down. A letter endorsed by some 120 Harvard professors said the speech reinforced "an institutional culture at Harvard that erects numerous barriers to improving the representation of women on the faculty...
...issue was simmering even before Jan. 14. Since Summers, 50, arrived, in 2001, the percentage of tenure offers at Harvard in the arts and sciences that go to women has fallen from 37% to 11%. Part of the problem, a group of female professors told Summers in a letter last fall, is that his focus on hiring "rising young scholars" slights women, whose "research careers tend to peak a bit later than men's careers" because of family responsibilities. Many at Harvard were upset last spring when Summers rejected a tenure recommendation for Marcyliena Morgan, a scholar...
...October 2003, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., sent Ford President Susan V. Berresford a letter co-signed by 20 other congressmen urging her to ensure that Ford money was not supporting anti-Semitic activities. In a November 2003 meeting, Berresford promised Nadler that Ford would not fund anti-Semitic groups...
...asked, "How could you miss the obvious? The choice should have been a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi citizen." The person who garnered the largest number of nominations, however, was not an American or a member of the armed forces but Ukraine's President-elect, Viktor Yushchenko. As one letter writer put it, "Yushchenko is a prime example of someone who is truly fighting for democracy...
...DIED. VIRGINIA MAYO, 84, Hollywood actress of the '40s and '50s who inspired the Sultan of Morocco to write her a fan letter calling her "tangible proof of the existence of God"; in Thousand Oaks, California. She started out as a chorus member in musicals and played opposite stars ranging from Bob Hope (The Princess and the Pirate) to James Cagney (White Heat). Her looks overshadowed her acting, but she won critical acclaim as Dana Andrews' cheating wife in William Wyler's Oscar-winning World War II drama, The Best Years of Our Lives...