Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Community police try to get to know those in their community, making sure windows get fixed and lawns are kept up. Petty crimes like shoplifting and vandalism are scrutinized as signs of a larger problem...
...more immediate problem is the aftermath of the lightning-quick firing of the seven lieutenants, which continues to generate fallout within the department...
Part of the problem was that Rudenstine hadlong insisted that discussions remain as informalas possible, a high-level source says. He reasonedthat once Harvard publicly acknowledged that itwas in talks with Radcliffe, any breakdown wouldbe seen as Harvard bullying its weak sister onceagain. But without a larger negotiating team, thepresident was getting exhausted, squandering hisprecious time on minutiae...
Fineberg had already been tapped to relieveRudenstine from the crush of details. More thananyone at Harvard, the practical and levelheadedprovost is intended to be the president'sright-hand man. As Rudenstine's point-person oninterfaculty collaboration, a Harvard-Radcliffemerger was an obvious problem for him to handle...
After this first level, Harvard faces the problem of fleeting junior Faculty--those who have left recently say the historically slim chances of gaining tenure from within Harvard drove them to seize other opportunities, many of which offer almost assured prospects for tenure...