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MATINA S. HORNER (1972-1989)--The Harvard and Radcliffe admissions offices are combined, adopting an equal access admissions policy. Admissions standards for men and women are the same, and the number of women is no longer limited. In 1977, Horner and Harvard President Derek C. Bok sign the "nonmerger merger" agreement...
...years the Christian Brothers, a Catholic order of teachers, have financed their spiritual good works by producing California brandy and table wines. Last week, after months of soul searching, the Brothers announced that bottled spirits no longer fit into their plans. The company will sell its $100 million-a-year wine-and-brandy business and 1,160 acres of prime vineyards to Heublein, a subsidiary of London-based Grand Metropolitan, for an undisclosed amount, perhaps as much as $150 million. Heublein, which owns California's Inglenook vineyard but has no major brandy label of its own, would thus become...
...What if the European environment changes so radically that there are no longer any nuclear weapons on the Continent at all? Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said it would be almost impossible to keep 326,000 U.S. forces in a denuclearized Europe. As the saying goes, "No nukes, no troops." Do you agree with Cheney...
Illinois is one of several states where "prison-impact statements" are attached to any proposed legislation that might lead to more arrests or longer sentences. One such report was connected to a recent bill that would have added ten years to the sentence for any crime committed with a firearm. It estimated that if the law were passed, so many new convicts would be sentenced to longer terms that it would cost $63.5 million to construct and operate the required prison facilities. A committee of the legislature tabled the bill...
Suzman's retirement will take some steam out of the new Democratic Party, formed last month by the merger of three liberal parties and still unable to agree on a leader. Liberalism has a future in South Africa, says Suzman, but "fundamental changes will take a lot longer than most people think...