Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Guinier opposed all of these recommendations in his own progress report, released two weeks before the Review Committee made its report. Yet Guinier has not commented on the substance of the committee's recommendations since they were made public. To highlight his claim that the report is illegitimate. Guinier has pretended that he "has not had the time to read...
...again on Tuesday night in Harvard Hall. Guinier said that the Administration failed to consult him and the department's executive committee while initiating the review procedure. The Faculty legislation creating the Afro-American Studies Department and mandating a review in 1971-72 also required any such study to progress in consultation with the department. Because of the failure to consult with the department, Guinier called the review also violation of the Faculty legislation. Guinier also blasted Dunlop and Bok for setting up an ad hog committee from outside the department to review it. Guinier asked how such a committee...
...LUCK O' THE Irish" and a sense of inevitable victory pervaded the Statler-Hilton ballroom as supporters watched the precinct-by-precinct progress of "our Joey's" challenge to Hicks. Moakley and his supporters were rolling in four-leaf clovers by the end of the night as official election returns confirmed his victory...
...death. Existence is simply an infinite possibility of self-perfection through many different levels of consciousness. When he wonders why there are so few gulls at this level, he gets a heavy message from Sullivan. Unlike Jonathan, most gulls are interested only in eating, and so do not progress. "Learn nothing," says Sullivan, "and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome." Unwilling to abandon the Flock for this elitist salvation, Jonathan goes back to his old level and acquires seven flying disciples. Despite the old ban by the Elders...
Roadblock. The public also appears convinced that prosperity will rise in 1973. Though unemployment is still far too high-it held at 5.5% in October -there is evidence of progress against inflation. Wholesale prices, which rose at a worrisome pace through the summer, slowed to the smallest possible seasonally adjusted increase in October: one-tenth of 1%. A Commerce Department survey showed that consumers plan sharply increased purchases of cars, houses, furniture and major appliances in the year ahead. Sales of many retail chain stores rose to record levels last month. Corporate profits for the third quarter are up about...