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Besides Dowling's concerns, there is another reason that minority representation is not a part of the current student governance proposal. Student leaders, recalling the weeks of controversy provoked by the inclusion of a provision for special minority seats in the Student Assembly's 1978 constitution, are reluctant to rekindle...

Author: By James A. Star, | Title: A Bureaucratic Facelift | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Other neighborhood spokesmen noted that Harvard is working under a February 1982 deadline for completion of the project design, because of a provision in the agreement between the University and the property's previous owner, Louis DiGiovanni, a Cambridge developer. Unless the advisory committee approves the design before that time...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Harvard Stops Huffing and Puffing | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Critics charge, however, that the A.s.C.s are a giveaway to the savings institutions because the tax-free provision is just a way of lowering the amount of interest that they have to pay in order to attract depositors. Opponents also point out that the financial firms are under no obligation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Savings Scramble | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

The proposed new regulations affecting the hiring policies of companies that do business with the Government were published by the Labor Department last week in the Federal Register. They will take effect in about three months, unless modified after a 60-day period of public comment. The new rules include...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Every Man for Himself | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

Another important provision: an employer who has only 80% as many women or minority employees as the Government might think "reasonable," would be excused from setting a timetable to hire the remaining 20%. To take a plausible example, a building firm of a certain size figures it should employ ten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Every Man for Himself | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

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