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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students find it easy to study whatever interest them. "You cannot possibly blame Harvard if the year does not turn out to be profitable," Harry Mapondo of Malawi says. "The beauty of the program is that it does not pin you down I did whatever I wanted." But many mention the need for a core requirement, so that some common background for each student will be established. "We have a shadow core." Assistant Professor of Public Policy Shantayanan Devarajan says, "We view certain analytical tools--economics, statistics, policy analysis and one other substantive area as material that they should know...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Training Tomorrow's Third World Leaders | 4/26/1984 | See Source »

...point of view I'm presenting is that of a practising novelist....So I will not even mention metonymy and synechdoche, except right now, just to impress you and let you know that I know they exist...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: A Voice of One's Own | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

...Democrat on the committee, on the other hand, asserts that "Casey did mention mining but in the midst of a list of other actions the contras were taking. At no time did he say the CIA was directly involved in mining or that President Reagan had authorized it." New York Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan is pedantically precise. Says he: "The reference on March 8 consisted of one sentence of 27 words, and the word mines appeared once. On March 13, there was another sentence of 26 words and the word mines appeared once. We are not meant to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explosion over Nicaragua | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...number of counts: for having a tin ear for dialogue, for tailoring plots and characters to the design of abstract concepts, for using language as a form of showing off: "I will spare everybody a detailed discussion of all the overwriting that occurs in these stories, except to mention how distressed I am at the number of tendrils that keep showing up. I still don't even know for sure what a tendril...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Openers | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...majority opinion fails to mention one face that makes these sins worse that unionization is a positive step for Harvard employees. If the University can oppose a unionization drive and lie to the public about its actions, what kind of integrity does it have in dealing with single employees? The only way to counterbalance this is through a legally recognized union, which will come about through a vote of all University employees in the future. And even though a unionization drive will now be harder for the simple logistical reason that all employees will be organizing themselves instead of just...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Sins of Omission | 4/19/1984 | See Source »

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