Word: pass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...excavation will be what is known in the trade as a "bored tunnel"--the digging proceeds entirely underground, with access through several shafts along the way. Toward Alewife, construction will be of the "cut-and-cover" variety, although the trench may be temporarily covered to permit street traffic to pass unhindered...
Archie C. Epps III, you will find, is dean of students. He actually talks to students, and last spring he was the only administrator who tried to get into University Hall when it was shut down during a South Africa demonstration. But afterwards, Epps came back and made a pass at answering questions about the University's position on divesting itself of its South African investments. Of course, there wasn't much to say about that...
During the course of the faculty debate, many professores complained that their fields had not been included in the Core; likewise, student groups objected to the plan's failure to include any provision allowing advanced students to by-pass the introductory-level courses of which the Core will most likely be composed. Rosovsky, in a move to graner support among groups that had first been hostile to the plan--notably professors in the natural sciences, who felt their disciplines were under-represented in the scheme of requirements--agreed to a "floater" amendment, which authorized the administrative Core Committees to study...
...analyzed, which sounds like it'll be about as much fun as an evening with Henny Youngman. Cavell is a brilliant guy, but his lecturing style tends towards the dull and the obscure. Another harbinger--this one of all the dull lectures you will attend. We recommend a pass on this one. You'd be better off doing what we've told you to do every other night so far, that is, party, flip through the course catalogue, smoke dope/play catch in the Yard...
...pronged program. First, they said, the Federal Reserve Board would be taking steps, in concert with other central banks, to strengthen the greenback, and had already been moving "more actively" in buying dollars to prop up their price. Second, the Administration would step up efforts to get Congress to pass Carter's energy program, which would reduce oil imports and thus stem the drain of dollars out of the U.S. Indeed, Carter personally lobbied House members to work out a compromise to end a fierce dispute over natural gas pricing. Finally, they spoke of both a flat...