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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These statistics from the Department of Education report do: "With the exception of the athletic rating, non-legacy/non-athletes scored better than legacies and recruited athletes in all areas of comparison [SAT math, SAT verbal, academic rating, extracurricular rating, personal rating, teacher rating, counselor rating, alumni rating and class rank]. In addition, the differences...were found, in each category, to be statistically significant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Shaky Record, So-So Scores' | 11/7/1990 | See Source »

...blasphemous to rank Harvard with the proletarian universities. We are Gods and they are our children," said Khazei. "God didn't rest on the seventh day, he went to Harvard...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: 'Poonsters Rally, Celebrate Harvard's New #1 Ranking | 11/1/1990 | See Source »

Asking that conservatives unequivocally accept homosexuality while refusing to grant the most basic civilities in return is rank hypocrisy. In such an atmosphere, is it any wonder that conservatives resort to reactionary provocation? The blue square campaign is about the only way for conservatives to shake the campus out of a complacency that stifles criticism of gay activism...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: How Liberals Made AALARM | 10/30/1990 | See Source »

...planet? The company president walks around in a polo shirt with a pocket logo right out of Star Trek, allows workers to call him "Skip" and describes his position as "team member." He and the union boss (who goes by "Dick") have a strange, collegial relationship. As for the rank and file, they don't punch a time clock and they get to handpick the people they work alongside. During off-hours they run around an outdoor obstacle course and engage in group hugging sessions. If they develop a bad attitude, they are paid to spend a day thinking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Stuff: Does U.S. Industry Have It? | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...week, however, when parent company president Robert Jelenic demanded yet another round of dismissals, Geyer warned that further cuts might damage the paper's news content and circulation. Employees were then treated to the unusual spectacle of a chief executive being sacked for fighting to retain jobs for the rank and file. Jelenic imposed the cuts himself, reducing the news staff from a onetime high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Getting Bad News Firsthand | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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