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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must still obtain approval by the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL), but Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, has tentatively approved the group's charter, Kyriazis said...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: 260 Students Will Advise Freshmen | 9/19/1978 | See Source »

...guarantee in theory the achievement of happiness, in the morally inferior sense which has come into being during those same decades. In the process, however, one psychological detail has been overlooked: the constant desire to have still more things and a still better life and the struggle to obtain them imprints many Western faces with worry and even depression, though it is customary to conceal such feelings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'A World Split Apart' | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...what shall we say about the dark realm of criminality as such? Legal frames (especially in the United States) are broad enough to encourage not only individual freedom but also certain individual crimes. The culprit can go unpunished or obtain undeserved lenience with the support of thousands of public defenders. When a government starts an earnest fight against terrorism, public opinion immediately accuses it of violating the terrorists' civil rights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'A World Split Apart' | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...every seven years. Harvard will give them half pay for a full year sabbatical, or full pay for a half year. Associate and assistant professors may also receive paid research leaves, but only under certain circumstances, which vary from department to department. To supplement Harvard's payment, some professors obtain fellowships from institutions where they plan to work during their absence...

Author: By Joshua I. Goldhaber, | Title: Professors Like to Get Away Too | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...same time it is absolutely essential because it plays such a central role in the organization of society. We are trying to see that students have a way of gaining access to that knowledge" through an understanding of what experts in the different disciplines do to obtain their knowledge...

Author: By Amy B. Mclntosh, | Title: Reaching the Core of the Matter | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

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