Word: preventing
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...housing process. Therefore, the Administration must not only remedy what is at least the potential for manipulation, but dispel these student suspicions. The House assignments, if they are still to be done manually, should be witnessed by members of the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life. CHUL overseers would prevent any more "mistakes," the more suspicion of which has undermined the integrity of this supposedly random process and the deans associated with...
...workers' union, the administration knows that by appealing the decision through the courts it will delay negotiations with the clerical and librarian unions for up to three years. Last year the university hired a notorious union-busting firm, Modern Management Methods--effectively used by Harvard in the past--to prevent the clerical workers from forming a union. That firm was successful in defeating unions at 98 of the 100 firms it represented last year, but it was unsuccessful...
Although the Harvard golf team could not get out to the course yesterday, the rain did not prevent that rite known as the first swing of spring from taking place as scheduled. Undaunted by the pelting rain and driven snow, Spence Fitzgibbons, one of the captains of the golf team, found a suitably muddy patch of turf and surrounded by a tatterdemalion group of caddies and onlookers proceeded to tee up his ball and waggle his driver in preparation...
...wasn't ready to start when the refs were. So despite the fact that the zebra suits had failed to issue the mandatory warning to the Crimson before calling delay of game, the ball was awarded to the jubilant Quakers. It took a sparkling leg save by First to prevent a potentially dangerous seventh Penn goal...
...Security: There will necessarily be an increase in security measures with a possible increase in costs, in order to prevent students on the 14 meal plan from stealing breakfast...