Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prospect of Ronald Reagan dropping by Harvard on Commencement Day entered the picture not through the AHA or Mass Hall, but via an abortive effort by graduating Kennedy School students to investigate the possibility of Reagan appearing at their graduation ceremonies on June 4 rather than the entire University's. The tradition of a separate graduation speaker at the K-School is a relatively recent one, and this year's events seem to have assured that it will be short-lived. Last year there were no problems: CBS broadcaster Walter Cronkite, in town to receive an honorary degree and deliver...
Though many student organizations are pleased by the prospect of receiving funds from the University, at least one is not--the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS), which currently receives a $5 surcharge from each undergraduate's term bill and distributes $7000 to $9000 each year to women's and minority organizations. According to Epps, when students vote on the Dowling proposal next year, female undergraduates will also be given an opportunity to vote on whether to continue supporting RUS. Fearing that RUS could lose its funding and that the new council might "irresponsibly" deny support for women's groups...
...prospect of two years in an unfamiliar and remote country does not faze her in the least, although she cites two concerns that have plagued Peace Corps volunteer for years. "It's going to be hard to leave my boyfriend," she says. "And its very difficult for my parents that I'm going away for two years to a place that can't be reached by telephone." She shrugs and adds. "But my mother tells me I'm probably safer in Gabon than in New York City...
...what if it doesn't work? "In the future." Buckley says, unfazed, if not happy with the prospect of life without football, "I'd like to go to law school eventually." And if he's not with the Patriots this fall, "I'll probably have some job offers available (he says two top New York investment banks are interested), so I'm not worried...
...Augustana College, the small, determined 20-year-old felt a bit nervous when she first arrived at the Kennedy School of Government two years ago. The first chapters of "The Education of Lori A. Forman," had been set in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and she was intimidated by the prospect of moving to Harvard...