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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Governors agreed that resources are wasted when states have to adhere to strict rules regarding their use. Clinton said that under certain federal programs, equipment bought for one purpose often cannot be used foranother...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Bush, Governors Set Education Priorities | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

...result, faculty members often findthemselves questioning whether Spence's ambitiousplans have come at the expense of short-termresults. Some even suggest that the dean'sdeliberative style can function as an excuse forinaction...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Five Years Of Spence: Technocrat Or Visionary? | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

After graduating from Princeton, Spenceembarked on a stellar academic career earning aname for himself as a prolific scholar who wroteon such topics as industrial organization,imperfectly competitive markets and the theory of"signalling"--which shows how consumers often makepurchasing decisions based on superficialcharacteristics...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Five Years Of Spence: Technocrat Or Visionary? | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

...West has never been a hermetically sealed,narrow culture," Ozment said, adding that chargesof ethnocentricity are often based "on lack of afull understanding of the nature and culture ofWestern civilization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Offers Western Survey | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

Part of the problem with the movie lies in the fact that Lloyd's portrayal of Samantha as a dizzy, under-educated Southerner fails to lend her character either sympathy or depth. Part of the problem lies with the screenwriters Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre, whose dialogue is often inept and who are unable to find the coherence behind the episodic novel by Bobbie Ann Mason upon which In Country is based...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: In Country: Out of Synch | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

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