Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more the plan helps Harvard, the more it harms others, Sullivan says. "For everyone that moves here on those mortgages, a certain portion would not have come without the low cost money," he argues. "To the extent that it is effective, it also hurts people...
Emphasizing that it is "too early to make any predictions," committee member Glenn Koocher '71 said last night that deferring the educational zones portion of the plan was "among the things to be very, very seriously considered...
Committee members appear more likely to support the redistricting portion of Lannon's plan, which would redraw school district lines in an attempt to mix white and minority students more evenly in the Cambridge elementary schools...
...Jewish settlers in Hebron in which six Israelis were killed. And like many other governments, Egypt is both irritated and confounded by Israel's determination to press ahead with the establishment of new Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Plans for two additional settlements in the northern portion of the West Bank were announced last week...
Greater concern for teaching will yield considerable side benefits as well. If the classroom and not just the lecture hall becomes a locus of learning, papers and class participation could determine a more substantial portion of the student's final grade. The whims of anonymous final exam-graders and the vicissitudes of test-taking would have less sway over the undergraduate; grades as a whole would better indicate his performance in the course. Because more students take make-up exams in courses where the final weighs heavily in the semester grade, as reported to the Faculty 18 months...