Word: maintainence
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...monarchy remains "vulnerable to a bad monarch" and that even a good Queen like Elizabeth "cannot serve as a court of appeal against the follies of democracy." For that reason, he now feels that Britain also needs a written constitution and a bill of rights. Some critics maintain that the monarchy may be an obstacle to such reform because the existence of the ancient institution gives too much legitimacy to tradition...
Oregon State Senator Ken Jernstedt insists that the contest involves a treasured principle: "We want to maintain our freedom of choice." Florida State Representative Robert McKnight sums up the issue bluntly: "Stay the hell out of my business." With victory, argues California State Senator William Campbell, "our society will be a little bit freer...
...Princeton's Flippin notes, "Everybody wants the same people, and in the long run the recruiting school is going to have a big advantage." Whether Harvard will be able to respond to the competitive athletic pressure off the field as well as on and still maintain its current admissions standards remains to be seen...
Following commencement, Wald will leave for Rome and Tokyo to participate in conferences on nuclear armaments and nuclear power. He plans to return to his home in Woods Hole, Mass., to write on scientific topics and maintain his political activities. Even though he never fit the institutional mold and eschewed gray flannels for a turtleneck sweater and medallion, Wald has left an indelible mark upon Harvard. He is at times "a pain in the neck to the administration," as one admirer says, but he is still universally respected in spite or because of his politics...
Other challenges to the present system, the task force reported, include the changing character of secondary schools, falling SAT scores, and the need to maintain efforts to raise the number of minority group members admitted...