Word: lewises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some argue that there is a difference between the dilemmas presented by a halfway house and a toxic-waste dump: one is a perceived social threat, the other more directly physical. But from an ethical point of view, there is little distinction, so long as society lawfully sanctions both treatment...
"Remember these are students that Harvard Radcliffe accepted, so we have a great deal of confidence with them to begin with," says Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis.
Although students working in the admissions office have access to applicants' files, "there is an elaborate system of anonymity, and nobody has the leisure to read the files and become familiar with them," says Lewis.
In Big, his credibility faced its biggest challenge. The trick was to avoid doing a Jerry Lewis-like routine of a man impersonating a burbling brat. Hanks wanted his twelve-year-old to be one who just happens to look 20 years older than the other kids on the block...
Supporters are hoping that by moving the bill through the legislative process earlier this year, and starting that process in the Senate, that they can avoid the parliamentary maneuvers that led to the Lewis logjam.