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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent years this advice and consent role has meant that the Overseers primarily ratify Corporation decisions. In that time, the Board has exerted its influence over Harvard through its nearly 60 visiting committees which write reports on all aspects of University life...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Overseers Avoid Conflict | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

...Officially, it didn't mean a thing to anyone," said senior Sarah Allums. "But unofficially, it meant just everything...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Those Greatest of Challenges | 4/21/1988 | See Source »

...clincher is a quote by the 17th century Metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell, which presumably illustrates the regal yet intrepid image of the man for whom the car is designed. (That the ad is meant for men is clear. Women are often called a variety of things, but we're not usually dubbed "princes"). The quote reads in part, "Society is all but rude/To this luxurious solitude...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: The High Price of Culture | 4/16/1988 | See Source »

...could rehearse. At first the Saturday program was scheduled to meet in the studios above the Freshman Union, but Citystep lost that space because the Union did not have enough weekend staff, Roth says. Fortunately, the MAC agreed to give the dance company a place to work. "Saturday session meant there was a constant battle to find space," Roth says...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Cambridge Kids Step Out With Style | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

...their students? With the exception of a relatively few places--mostly religious or military institutions--higher education is silent." When asked about efforts such as the moral reasoning courses in the Core Curriculum, he replied: "That's about [moral] dilemmas, lifeboat stuff. I don't mean theory. I meant getting drugs off campus." Alas, the debate was never squarely joined, nor has it been in other forums. Bennett and his supporters seem bent on caricaturing the new courses without understanding what the instructors are actually doing. Proponents of applied ethics, on the other hand, have failed to answer Bennett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excerpts From Bok's Annual Report | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

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