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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition, the report finds that the present GSD dean, Kilbridge, and his predecessor Jose-Luis Sert, professor of Architecture emeritus, constrained the investigation...

Author: By Charlie Shepard, | Title: Danse Macabre at the GSD | 10/3/1975 | See Source »

...followed it only a few months later with another album, which, not surprisingly, closely resembles its predecessor. The basic pattern of Ronstadt's records, in fact, has changed little since Silk Purse, running from bluesy rock to straight and progressive country to gentle folk ballads. There is nothing very daring on Prisoner in Disguise, but if Ronstadt appears to be getting complacent, she has also developed a new self-assurance and poise...

Author: By Steve Chapman, | Title: Talent Undisguised | 9/30/1975 | See Source »

...final issue to be resolved is the often-outspoken disapproval by undergraduates of the administration's plans. Williams appears likely to be more successful at dealing with students than his predecessor, Andrew F. Brimmer, Ford Visiting Professor of Business Economics. Williams says he is willing to talk to the students, something Brimmer refused...

Author: By Beth Stephens, | Title: Peace and Quiet In DuBois Controversy | 9/27/1975 | See Source »

Questions such as these have profoundly shaken the formerly strong national coalition of support for school integration. Besides, moral backing for busing long ago disappeared from the White House. Echoing his predecessor's doubts, President Ford recently observed: "I don't think that forced busing to achieve racial balance is the proper way to get quality education." Instead he called for "better school facilities, lower teacher-pupil ratios, the improvement of neighborhoods as such." Similarly, local politicians like Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane and Boston Mayor Kevin White have misgivings about busing. Says White: "To pursue blindly a means that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCHOOLS: The Busing Dilemma | 9/22/1975 | See Source »

Applicants for a personal loan from New York's First National City Bank have something of a shock in store: the new standard loan contract is written in language they can easily understand. The simple one-page document-one-third as long as its predecessor-spells out the bank's and borrower's obligations in relaxed you and I terms with nary a hereinafter to get in the way. And Citibank is not alone (see box). Anxious to stimulate business, banks and insurance companies alike are hastening to switch from the old long-winded fine print...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: A New Legal-Ease | 9/22/1975 | See Source »

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