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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that of course the University had to make every effort to find individuals of talent among minorities and women--pointing to the discrimination by Harvard, in the past, against. Jews. But the principle of representation is based on the idea of constituencies that have to be included, often in rough proportion to their numbers, and that however defensible that might be in the larger policy, it could not be controlling in the selection of a faculty whose purposes are scholarship, research and teaching. I remarked that in many of the statements, documents and petitions I had seen, this distinction...
...networks produced the announcements with recent research by Saatchi & Saatchi DFS Compton, an ad agency, in mind. Saatchi & Saatchi's pro bono work for the Project found that young adults often view the designated driver as a "repressive parental figure." Saatchi & Saatchi suggested that the networks portray the driver as "cool...a guy who can party down," says Dr. William DeJong, director of research for Harvard's Center for Health Communication...
...most European nations, students begin learning one foreign language at age 11, and often add a second three or four years later. In the United States, 1985 statistics show, only 15 percent of high school students study any foreign language at all, and less than 4 percent of high school graduates have had more than two years of a foreign language...
...even ask for identification. In fact, the guard did not even bother to look up from his book, and only muttered, "Sign in," according to the student. The student could have easily penned any name into the log. And during the evenings, the doors to the stairs are often left unlocked, allowing anyone access to the second floor elevators...
...checkerboard of action and reaction, stability is often in the eye of the beholder. Albert Carnesale, a widely respected nuclear strategist, wryly observes that "weapons are destabilizing only if they are your adversary's." The difference between an offensive first-strike weapon and one useful just for defensive retaliation "lies in intent only," says Carnesale. Yet often weapons are introduced largely because the technology is available, rather than to meet essential strategic requirements. As George Bush considers how to proceed with SDI, Stealth and the START talks, the standard he must apply is the quest for stability...