Word: processing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must never have an impresario again. We've outgrown the need." The Met is still in the process of proving that thesis...
...Defense Ministers in Cairo, Sadat's spirits seemed to falter. In an interview in the authoritative October magazine, Sadat said he had "absolutely no hope" that Egypt and Israel can agree on a declaration of principles that Cairo seeks as a basis for a comprehensive settlement. The peace process was in danger, he explained later, because of two important unresolved issues: the question of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and the future status of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza...
Although grades and test scores do figure in the admissions process, the role of such statistics is limited, and many students unfamiliar with Harvard's admissions policy incorrectly assume that poor scores and grades alone will keep them out of Harvard. As admissions officers note, one of the major purposes of recruiting is to uncover the student who does not realize that he may be "in the ballpark...
HARVARD HAS LONG ADHERED to an admissions policy aimed at producing a diverse student body. Diversity, however, is more than a function of the selection process. Since a student body can only be as diverse as its applicant pool, the Admissions Office actively recruits people from distinctive backgrounds as well as people with special talents in athletics and the arts. As Michelle Green, an admissions officer, says, "If we ever stopped recruiting, we would wind up with an all-white, all-prep, all-brain student body...
...difficulty in recruitment lies in channeling efforts in directions that have a reasonable chance of turning up "ballpark" candidates. Harvard's minority recruitment program utilizes a variety of techniques, but its first step is a selection process, a winnowing out based on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores...