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...been taking a lot of flack lately from people who say that I predict Ivy League football games about as well as Fathers Six screens its customers...
...would not be offered admission because he is black but because as an individual he has shown he has the potential while the Harvard man may have taken less advantage of the vastly superior opportunities offered him...There is currently no test available to the admission committee that can predict such possibilities with assurance but the committee may nevertheless seek to gauge it as best it can and weight this factor in its decisions...
...unlike most Harvard traditions, the University police department's paternal image is undergoing an acute change. Once a refuge for portly janitors from the Buildings and Grounds Department, the Harvard force is in the midst of a transition that administrators predict will make it a more professional, scientifically-oriented security force. Bulging waistlines are definitely out, and fatherly lectures are now more likely to focus on crime prevention than "why-you'd-really-better-stay-sober-on-Tuesday-afternoon." The "new look" has sharply reduced the University's campus crime rate, Joe B. Wyatt, vice president for administration, is fond...
...deportations." Hispanic leaders want general amnesty for all illegal aliens-or at least the right for those who obtain the five-year work permits to apply for citizenship. Carter aides, however, foresee no roundup at the end of the period, which would begin with passage of the bill. They predict further legislation that might allow those with work permits to remain indefinitely...
...optimist might think that Rosovsky's black ink hints of an end to rising tuition, room and board fees, but it's probably wiser to take a more cynical view. Although officials predict the rate of increases will slow down, no one sees an end to the yearly price hikes...