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...Council Transfer SheetNO. TO BE ELECTED Quota 2638 1st Count 2d Count W.Sullivan Surplus 3rd Count D Sullivan Surplus 4th Count McGurk Ruma-Jones 5th Count Hunt 6th Count Okun 7th Count LaTrem-ouille 8th Count Agee 9th Count CaragianesAgee 212 2 214 0 214 2 216 15 15 231 28 259 7 266Bentubo 271 5 276 0 276 3 279 1 280 1 281 3 284 35 319 11 330Caragianes 289 5 294 1 295 1 296 1 298 3 301 1 302 5 307Clinton...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Cambridge's Progressive Coalition-- | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...works at home in a semi-attached room that once housed an antiques store. He settles in there each morning by 9, usually writes in pencil on the backs of old manuscripts, then acts as his own typist. He tries to complete three pages a day: "I set that quota for myself many years ago, and it seems to be about right. It's not so much that you're overwhelmed by it, and it's not so little that you don't begin to accumulate a manuscript." After a late lunch around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Crisis of Confidence RABBIT IS RICH by John Updike | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...cent)--had nothing to do with the Klitgaard report, admissions officials say. While they do look at economic background and at "what applicant can contribute in many ways," admissions people are not looking specifically at color when they make their decisions, Fitzsimmons says. "There is no target, no quota. Our committee goes through and picks the best candidates." Fitzsimmons says. "There is no target, no quota. Our committee goes through and picks the best candidates. Fitzsimmons describes Blacks who applied for the Class of '85 as "very, very strong," but adds that they weren't as competitive compared with other...

Author: By Adam M. Gottlieb, | Title: Overcoming the Klitgaard Fallout | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...week's end the antiwhaling forces won two significant victories. Over Japan's objections, the conference set a "zero quota" on all sperm whaling in the Southern Hemisphere and the North Atlantic. As a gesture to the Japanese, a decision on the North Pacific was deferred until the spring. Said Garrett: "This might be the final curtain for sperm whaling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Battling for the Leviathans | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

...other side of the issue, people like Walter J. Leonard, formerly a special assistant to the president and the University's affirmative action officer, have led the fight for stricter enforcement of the quota system, particularly in the wake of the Bakke and DeFunis Supreme Court rulings...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: The Debate Goes On | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

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