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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prestige is entirely unwarranted. Evidently, though, the sort of person who volunteers to join the military is not the sort of person who goes to the library to look up the military's record. As Tom Lehrer '47 noted in jest two decades ago, "Not only does the military prohibit discrimination the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Not All It Can Be | 10/4/1984 | See Source »

Alumni officials did not speculate on how Kelly obtained the addresses. Although the Alumni Association, which oversees marshal elections, does not prohibit this type of campaigning. Associate Director of Classes and Reunions Victor A. Koivumaki III '68 said "I'm not aware that anything like this [letter distribution] has happened before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marshal Hopeful Uses Mail In Novel Campaign Strategy | 10/2/1984 | See Source »

Because no state or federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, however, the city would be the final authority for those cases, Handel said...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: Cambridge Commission May Challenge Final Clubs | 9/28/1984 | See Source »

Similar sentiments are growing in Hollywood. Last week the Motion Picture Association of America (M.P.A.A.) seemed close to making perhaps the most sweeping change in the rating system since it was established 16 years ago. Ready for unveiling is a new rating, known as PG-13, that would prohibit children under 13 from being admitted unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. The rating would presumably be used in the future for movies like Indiana Jones that are deemed acceptable for teen-agers but potentially harmful to younger children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Gremlins in the Rating System | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

Harvard's policy, established by a Faculty committee in 1970 and last revised in October of 1983, consists of seven principles. The two relevant to recent federal proposals prohibit the acceptance of grants that "carry security classification" and restrict the investigator's right to publish findings...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Closing the 'open door' | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

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