Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that it put some people who hadn't applied to Lowell in Lowell, even though hundreds of freshmen who did apply there were turned away. This fall, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life decided to reaffirm students' freedom of choice. They began by eliminating master's choice, class rank, home town and field of concentration as criteria in House assignment, which was fair enough. Then they decided to add sex to the list and end Radcliffe's guaranteed one to one ratio--which probably means all the Houses would end up with similar, strongly male, ratios...
...evaluate the current mood of the House on the difficult question of impeachment, MacNeil spent nearly ten days on Capitol Hill, talking not only with House leaders but also with dozens of rank-and-file Congressmen of both parties. After he had put his material together, he checked some last-minute details with O'Neill and learned a bit of bad news: despite his diet, the Massachusetts Congressman confessed, he gained two pounds during the time he had spent lunching and dining with MacNeil...
...fact is that almost all of France's trade relations with Third World countries involve weaponry. Though both the U.S. and the Soviet Union rank well ahead of France in total arms exports (some $5 billion for the U.S. last year, and some $4 billion for the Russians), a large percentage of what the superpowers send is part of military-assistance programs. In sales alone, France exported $1.4 billion worth of armaments last year, and since 1969 it has sold arms to no fewer than 43 countries...
...small drawings, perhaps because they don't try to serve any purpose beyond pleasing the eye. The taut elegance of Sadiqi Bek's Lion Tamer and the grace of Riza's A Young Man in a Blue Cloak prove that these two were artists of the first rank. And the drawings of Mu'in Musavvir, Riza's most gifted student, are delightful. His Squatting Camel is not to be missed...
LABOR. This year is shaping up as far less tranquil than 1973. For most of last year, the average worker's pay has been running behind prices. The energy crisis has heightened union discontent, kicking prices even higher, and in some cases costing jobs. Thus rank-and-file members are putting the heat on their leaders to go after much fatter settlements, even though that would further balloon prices...