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...council's resolution is completely meaningless. The question of whether ROTC can exist as an on-campus extra-curricular activity was settled 20 years ago. On May 29, 1968, a special faculty committee appointed by the Harvard Corporation concluded that "The armed services interpret the relevant public law as forbidding them to accept arrangements under which ROTC would become altogether extracurricular, with no contractual intermediation by the University beyond that afforded ordinary extracurricular activities...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: History's Lessons | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

...mathematical symbols. Blind people use the Nemeth Braille Code of Mathematic and Scientific Notations, which has no relation to the physical appearance of printed mathematical symbols. Thus my proctor's efforts to describe the physical appearance of symbols on the exam, in lieu of identifying them by name, were meaningless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Math 1b | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

Beginning next fall, the admissions office could ignore SAT scores from a sample of the applicant pool. If students admitted from this pool succeed as well as other members of their class after freshman year, then the SAT will have been proven meaningless and expendable...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Can't Get No SATisfaction | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

...rebels claimed a low voter turnout--unofficially estimated at roughly 60 percent--rendered the results meaningless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arena Claims Win in Sunday's Elections | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...debates about proxy votes may be meaningless in the long run. Gray said this week that she thinks the RJR-Nabisco vote might be cancelled, while Peterson said he assumes "if there's any final vote, it's to approve the buyout...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Making a Profit Without a Voice | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

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