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Harvard's affirmative action efforts have failed to meet what some consider already modest goals, according to the University's report on affirmative action. Later this month, President Neil L. Rudenstine will present a long-term plan to improve the recruitment of minorities and women. Meanwhile it appears that, next to comparable institutions, Harvard...

Author: By Alex B. Livingston and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: Harvard Still Short Of Diversity Goals | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

...Warner lot in Burbank, the other up the coast in Carmel. His friends there have included a schoolteacher, a former bar owner and an itinerant barber. Film is rarely a topic of conversation. Carmel residents protect his privacy, even those who disagreed with his policies -- such as a modest liberalization of the zoning laws -- when he was mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead, Make My Career: CLINT EASTWOOD | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

There are certain species of athletes. There are the talented, histrionic media-animals (the Deion Sanders/Keith Elias breed, given to uncontrollable yapping) and the rara avis. the gifted, modest, controlled class of athlete...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, | Title: Hill's Triple Threat: Run, Hit and Lead | 3/24/1993 | See Source »

...result of these findings, more centers may gear up to perform angioplasty, which is now offered in only 18% of U.S. hospitals. Some doctors caution, however, that the long-term gains are too modest to justify the huge expense of expanding staff and facilities at every hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Balloon Power | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

...Teddy's a very modest person," Tomassoni said. "He didn't make much...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, | Title: Drury Honored as Hobey Baker Finalist, ECAC Player of the Year | 3/19/1993 | See Source »

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