Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But only a month later, Harvard officials agreed to preserve the buildings by altering the University Place design, and on January 8 the historical commission accepted the new plan without objection, cleaning the way for Corporation approval of the massive development later that month. About 40 neighborhood residents attending the...
Bok says the practical suggestions that caused such controversy--like using SAT scores and high school records to determine which students are "likely" to finish college and thus qualify for aid--were only "meant to generate discussion" and not intended as actual proposals. But his perception of education as a...
Although the Corporation must finally approve the hike in a meeting today. College Treasurer George Putnam '49, a member of the Corporation said he expected the body to adopt the proposal without much debate. I can't imagine any objection to it, he asked.
U.S. Special Negotiator Richard Fairbanks, meanwhile, was still trying to find a solution to the latest hitch preventing resumption of the Palestinian autonomy talks. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has refused to participate in any negotiations held in Jerusalem, on the premise that his presence there would be interpreted in the...
A more reasonable objection to raising the retirement age is voiced by Harvard Economist William Hsiao. Says he: "Armchair professors and bureaucrats who sit behind desks pushing a pencil all day can work until age 68 without any serious difficulty," but manual workers are too worn out by physical labor...