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...Carey was obviously a really nice place to lift," he said. "[Gordon is] just not quite as good facilities. We might have more of an overlap with people needing to use the same machines...
Every effort will be made to make decisions concerning administrative support of HAND early, so that there can be maximum overlap between Ms. Epstein and the present Central Coordinators on the one hand, and those who will be providing the direct support to the programs in the fall of 1996. --Harry R. Lewis'68 Dean of Harvard College
Harvard's academic schedule poses a common problem for students who plan to study abroad for only their spring semester. Because final examinations fall in January, many programs overlap with reading period and exams...
When one U.N. body has failed to fulfill a crucial mission, the tendency has been to form another outfit. Thus there are four U.N. agencies concerned with food production and seven with industrial development in the Third World. Emergency situations sharply highlight the resulting problems of duplication and overlap. Consider a not-very-hypothetical situation: a sudden flood of refugees. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) might build camps to house them. But WHO would want something to say about their health problems. One or more of the food agencies might consider feeding them...
This emphasis on the strict separation of church and state, while perhaps justifiable given our nation's religious pluralism and respect for minority rights, nevertheless has some unfortunate consequences. It denies us all of the benefits that come from having some overlap between religion and the state. Religion has long been a source of social stability and unity. School prayer has been shown to make students more focused and better behaved. The benefits of having a less aggressively strict construction of church-state separation would be enjoyed not just be religious individuals, but by society as a whole...