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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comforting to know that the "real world" will just have to wait a while. Now all I need to do is find someone to go with...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Doing the Europe Thing | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

...fact, nothing is wrong with the basic concept of a door-to-door escort service. Properly run, it provides transportation for students exactly when they need it, without forcing them to walk long distances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How High a Priority? | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

...despite years of criticism, the University has made no substantive changes in the escort service. Harvard could make the system work if it really wanted to make the effort and spend the money. The need for improvements grows more clear with each attack on a student. Harvard's failure to address the problem indicates the low priority the University gives to what should be one of its foremost concerns: the safety of its students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How High a Priority? | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

...will not remove the most serious hurdle to transplants: the chronic shortage of donor organs. More than 18,000 Americans in need of transplants are waiting for organs to become available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Lifesaver Drug | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Such coordination is sorely needed because Wall Street has become an ever more volatile place. Deregulation and the growth of computerized trading have left the stock market vulnerable to violent swings. "People have to get used to the idea that at certain points 5% to 10% declines are possible in today's highly automated markets," says John Phelan, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Yet even some Wall Street insiders have had misgivings. Warns Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential-Bache Securities: "A 7% drop in the Dow Jones index is destabilizing to individual investors, and we need them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soothing The Wild Beast | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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