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...most cases, judgements were no more harsh or mild than those accorded non-Core courses. Students derided or praised Core courses for the same reasons they do any others--quality of the professor, sections, workload and the nature of the material presented. Few viewed Core courses as anything all that revolutionary in and of themselves: Literature and Arts A-12, "Great Novels of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries," discussed great novels of the 19th and early 20th centuries; and Historical Study B-56, "The Russian Revolution," examined the Russian revolution. No surprises...
Critique, endorsement, or simply a set of mild suggestions, Bok's well-publicized report took center-stage at the B-School this year: the questions it raised demanded an answer. That demand, however, unsettled many at the B-School, including the members of the senior faculty who, because of their enormous diversity, were incapable of putting forth a unified response to many of the issues Bok examined. Nevertheless, several groups attached to the B-School this year undertook the task of answering the president's report...
...proposal-but not outright. In a front-page editorial in the official newspaper Granma, Cuba expressed its willingness to discuss the "isolated" problem of the refugees if Washington agreed to talk about other issues such as the U.S. economic blockade and the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo. The relatively mild language led Washington to believe that although Castro is not in any real trouble, he may have begun to realize that the exodus is making his tattered regime look like a dismal failure throughout Latin America. Says a senior Administration official: "The signals have gone from appearing berserk to showing...
...House Ways and Means subcommittee last week voted 17 to 4 to reject the fee; and the Senate Finance Committee turned it down 14 to 4. Members of Congress are not happy about running a budget deficit, but they are much more frightened by the prospect of even a mild gasoline tax in an election year...
...sink still further, with the prime rate at perhaps 10% to 12% by year's end. This is due largely to the weakening economy. Alan Greenspan, former chief economist for President Ford, observes: "The U.S. has moved rapidly into a severe recession. The hopes that it would be mild and of short duration appear to be precisely that-hopes...