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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remember all kinds of people, not just Republicans -- Democrats, friends, others -- that would talk to me about a UDAG. The first thing I'd tell them is, "Look, these are decided on a formula basis. I can't guarantee how it's going to come out." However, because of the mod-rehab program's discretionary nature, there was a possibility of someone personally influencing a decision...
...alone in my office, I would look at some routine papers and sometimes turn on the TV set during my one-hour lunch. Mostly I'd watch All My Children, sometimes something else. Occasionally I would look at some important news events...
Western Europe has turned in its best economic performance in 15 years. Stock markets are at record highs, company profits are surging, and a mood of optimism prevails as the Continent's businessmen discover a dynamism that many thought had long deserted the Old World. Look at London's vast Docklands, where a reborn city with elegant housing and sleek office buildings is rising from what was once a wasteland of derelict wharves and warehouses, the relics of Britain's mighty trading empire of yesteryear. Boats rush commuters up the Thames to the City, London's financial heartland and center...
Instead, the Seattle mayor says he will look to forge greater links between the institute--which brings prominent speakers and fellows to Harvard from the world of politics--and the Kennedy School's nine other research centers...
...Look at the issue again, in a subtler shade. Investigators from the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights arrive for a compliance review of Harvard admissions with a specific directive to investigate possible discrimination against Asian-Americans. Harvard has justified the rate of Asian-American admissions--consistently 80 to 90 percent that of white students--with the group's relative lack of legacy students and small number of varsity athletes, both recruitment factors at the University...