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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubt, Harvard is one of the best colleges in the nation. Its history and resources speak for themselves. But if one looks behind its ivy covered walls, one will see that the brick is crumbling. A fog of liberalism has descended upon Harvard, causing moral relativism to become the norm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advice to Pre-Frosh From Gopher, Guhan . . . . . . Guides and Geeks-- Come Aboard ! | 4/19/1990 | See Source »

...history can be tricky. On the one hand, where exactly does history stop? Lithuania was independent for 20 years between 1920 and 1940, but for more than a hundred years before that it was part of the Russian empire. Which historical period is the norm? The Russian imperium? The brief interregnum of Lithuanian independence? Or the Soviet reality of the past 50 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why Lithuania Is Not Like South Carolina | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...excursion was less startling in this city, which tends to write its own rules for its free-form public life. One rule is that a woman politician, perhaps better than a man, can attempt the new and different. For San Diego is where the new is the norm and woman power is a dominant force in the political game. Here the "smoke-filled rooms," such as they are, tend to be flamingo- colored restaurants overlooking the Pacific surf. And here the "machine," such as it is, rests in the hands of a key coterie of women, especially three elegant ladies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lady Power in the Sunbelt | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...Doing a concert is a much more ambitious thing to do," Tapper added. "It's ambitious because it's out of the norm. With 88 Harvard minds I think we can pull this...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council to Consider Undergraduate Pub | 3/15/1990 | See Source »

...number of tenured women and sixth out of eight in the number of nontenured women faculty. Even considering the small pool of female Ph.D. candidates, Harvard would have to add 17 tenured women and 11 non-tenured women to its Faculty to make female representation consistent with the national norm, according to the University's most recent affirmative action report...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Majority Doesn't Rule | 3/13/1990 | See Source »

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