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Commenting on the bill's defeat, Dukakis said yesterday, "It's not an easy vote for members of the legislature to make, but if we were just elected to cast easy votes there would be no reason to send us up to Beacon Hill...
...time to do it," Dukakis said. "We all want to go home for Christmas and have a good Christmas with our families and make sure the citizens of this state enjoy their holiday. The next week is going to be crucial...
Acknowledging this fact is difficult, but it is important for us to do so if we are going to make effective proposals. Since Jewett released the data on the makeup of the different houses, the debate among the house masters has shifted from whether to change to housing system to how much we should change the housing system...
What the UC can do, though, is try to convince the house masters to make a smaller change. I think that non-ordered choice would be preferable to what seems to be the main alternative, 100 percent randomization. Many of the house masters have said that they are interested in finding an agreeable middle ground. The way for the UC to do that is to endorse a consensus proposal and call for the house masters to choose it instead of 100 percent randomization. James M. Harmon...
...Inequality and Public Policy, said that because Asian-Americans have already gained significant representation in many prestigious professions, it is unnecessary to include them in programs designed to target minorities. In support of his position, Glazer said that while Blacks constitute about 12 percent of the U.S. population, they make up only 1.8 percent of American medical school faculties; Asian-Americans, at about 2 percent the population, make up 7.5 percent...