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...head a committee to determine whether the patently unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti had in fact been fair, Lowell concluded that it had. And when bigoted alumni kept complaining about the number of Jews at Harvard (the proportion had reached 22% by 1922), Lowell publicly called for a quota system to limit it. That was formally rejected by both the overseers and the faculty, but Lowell ) got his way by indirection. He imposed a limit of 1,000 students in each incoming class and then urged his admissions officials to seek a broad geographical distribution -- that is, to accept...
...Semitic museum has also prepared a look at Lowell's attempts to impose a quota on the number of Jews accepted at Harvard, which will be displayed during the 350th. Citing that exhibit, former Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky says it would be untrue to say that Harvard has attempted to hide its history for the celebration...
...should be more flexible. Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger faults the Administration for "losing the initiative" in the arms-control game. He suggests that the U.S. resist a complete moratorium but negotiate either an agreement for a lower test- blast ceiling (up to 15 kilotons) or a quota system limiting the number of detonations...
...about 90 minutes in Yamani's suite, which had a sweeping view of Lake Geneva. Since OPEC members were unwilling to make long-term promises to limit their oil production, Aqazadeh reasoned, Why not try an interim measure? He suggested a temporary return to the group's 1984 quota of some 16 million...
...part of the plan, Aqazadeh offered an unexpected concession. In the past, Iran had insisted that its production quota be twice as large as that of Iraq, with whom it has been at war for the past six years. But this time Iran dropped its usual demand. Iraq would be exempt from the agreement and could continue to produce at full capacity, about 1.8 million bbl. of oil a day. Iran would not really suffer either. It would keep pumping at present levels, lifting some 2.3 million...