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...Harvard did sell out, we might not even find out about it. Many of the University's financial transactions are hidden from oversight in a complex of holding companies--rather uncharacteristic of an academic institution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A President With the Right Priorities | 1/24/1998 | See Source »

...powers seem to have been too strong an ether. Soon after taking office, he tried to fire most senior members of the government, including a police chief credited with cutting crime. The state attorney found the move illegal, and the mayor was forced to agree to six months of oversight by a local court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurricane Hizzoner | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...this seems like either a glaring oversight or a deliberate attempt to maintain the last visible remnant of a thankfully bygone era when women were not allowed the position men have historically enjoyed in the academic world. Radcliffe is a wonderful institution with a history we can be proud of. However, Radcliffe is no longer an institution which has as its primary function the instruction or housing of female students-- that role belongs to Harvard College. On Radcliffe's Web page, it is stated: "By agreement between the institutions, women undergraduates who are admitted and enrolled in Radcliffe are thereby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Should Have Seal of Harvard College On Diploma | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...Republican-led House Oversight committee had scheduled the pair to testify separately, hoping to draw out Freeh's support of an independent counsel. But Freeh was determined to present a united front; he wanted to sit at Reno's side. So, Democrats introduced a resolution to that effect; it was defeated. Freeh settled for a seat behind Reno, at her elbow (at least they'd be pictured together.) And loyally waited ? for six-and-a-half hours ? while his counterpart testified. Observed TIME Washington correspondent Elaine Shannon: "Aides were dropping like flies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysterious Louis Freeh | 12/9/1997 | See Source »

Just as we believe that a primary role of the president should be to serve as a representative of the students' voice on ideological issues to the administration, we believe that the role of the vice-president should be redefined to focus on an oversight of the council's full agenda, both in-committee and campus-wide. Over the past year, we have not heard much from the vice president of the Undergraduate Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cohen for Vice-President | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

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