Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barrett said, "The whole budget process is topsy-turvy. You can't tell what's going to happen with particular programs...
...faulty reasoning taking place here becomes evident after scanning a small red pamphlet entitled, "Introduction to the Core Curriculum: A Guide for Freshmen." In particular, the guide states that "by design Core courses are different from those offered by the departments" and that "in choosing Core courses you should, at an early date, take courses in one or more of the subdivisions [of the Core] that seem most remote from your present interests...
...also praised the University's emphasis on public service--a topic of particular interest to the residents of Elmbrook, many of whom are involved in inner-city tutoring programs and summer service missions in Mexico. He added that would like to see similar public service programs created at Harvard...
...measure, which the council passed last week in a slightly different form, came up again this week when Councillor Walter J. Sullivan moved to reopen the discussion. Although the measure's sponsor, Councillor Alice K. Wolf said it was not specifically directed at a particular project, but the zoning change would have halted the new building at the Athenaeum Group's One Kendall Square project...
...gone to minority firms. But Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing for the majority, charged that the city had not specifically proved a level of past discrimination that would support its 30% set-aside rule. Wrote O'Connor: "An amorphous claim that there has been past discrimination in a particular industry cannot justify the use of an unyielding racial quota." Although the Richmond law was intended to help minorities, she argued, quota systems are inherently dangerous...