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...clear that this procedure gives the ratio of the total number of people (men plus women) to the number of women. Therefore, the actual male-to-female ratio for Adams House. for example, is 5.2, not 6.2 as stated; all other ratios should likewise be reduced by 1.0 to obtain male-female ratios...
...hope through canvassing of homes this spring and summer that we will obtain enough signatures in key districts throughout the state to put this issue on the ballot in the fall elections," Scheer said...
...request, which was promptly granted, renews the possibility that Kennedy will be indicted, perhaps for "driving to endanger," perhaps even for manslaughter. A grand jury is usually a closed accusatory proceeding, and Dinis need only convince twelve of the 23 jurors that an indictment is warranted in order to obtain one. If that happens, the subsequent trial might not only lay to rest lingering doubts about the Kopechne case-but whatever remains of Kennedy's presidential hopes as well...
...content and structure of the educational process at Harvard is designed to prepare students for the corporate world. In terms of content, students are taught the virtues of capitalism and the impossibility of fundamental social change. The grading process insures that students become motivated by the external incentive of obtain a good grade instead of by the intrinsic enjoyment in the process of learning or the usefulness of the knowledge thereby obtained. This is just the kind of alienated mentality that characterizes most work in the corporate world. The hierarchical structure of classroom and university relations promote the acquiescence...
Last Battle. The Fédération is aware of the payoffs and in fact sanctions them under certain conditions. Following the 1968 Winter Olympics, which International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage threatened to cancel because of the brandishing of brand names, the FIS ruled that skiers could obtain payments for endorsements-so long as the money was approved by and dispensed through their national associations. Said FIS President Marc Hodler: "Our decision is evolutionary, not revolutionary. We have accepted the fact that ski racers are now full-time sportsmen who simply have no time left over for earning...