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...Chase N. Peterson '52, then dean of admissionsand financial aid, was another powerful figurevehemently opposed to the increased admission ofwomen. In a written report on the impact of themerger upon admissions, he declared that decreasedenrollment of men would-eliminate rather thanfoster cultural and ethnic diversity...
...Each group within the college requires acertain critical mass to allow it to fit withreasonable comfort," Peterson declared. "For thisreason a smaller male enrollment might force us toeliminate a number of such distinctive groupsentirely when their numbers fell below a tolerancethreshold...
...Peterson added his perception that merging thecolleges would make the admissions process socompetitive that "even superior applicants in thefuture will be discouraged from applying" and theCollege would not be properly able to accommodatesons of alumni...
...many software developers are also uneasy about Microsoft's next big moment, for as Gates' influence steadily grows, their own role inevitably shrinks. They are reduced to writing second-string software, while Microsoft reserves the big programs for itself. Microsoft, as former WordPerfect executive Pete Peterson once put it, "is the fox that takes you across the river and then eats...
...seventh track, "Arkansas Traveler," poignantly illustrates Fleck's impressive ability to integrate disparate musical instruments and styles. The song begins with Fleck picking a simple folk melody alone. After several bars, percussion and bass lines emerge, sounding like the rhythm section of an Oscar Peterson album. The interplay between the banjo's folk melody and the jazz rhythms established by the drums and acoustic bass is astoundingly coherent. The phrasing is completely jazz, but the sound remains folk...