Word: reflectivity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Champion Pragmatist. Most analysts remain convinced that the events reflect a sharp policy debate. Almost certainly, the debate involves the coalition of moderate army and government leaders who hold most of the levers of power in China these days and the fire-breathing leftist radicals who blossomed during the Cultural Revolution. The fact that twelve out of the 21 members of the Politburo have not been active in public for at least a month suggests that the struggle is being waged at the very top levels of government. All along, however, Peking has been working hard to dispel suspicions that...
...your October 12th editorial about student housing at Harvard. For almost 1 1/2 years I have been trying to cope with the role most House Secretaries have been hired to play in the lives of undergraduates, and so it is good to hear of an opinion that doesn't reflect a widespread paranoia among students concerning House Secretaries' plots to ruin their lives...
...leader in redressing minority imbalance in the student population. Though Judge Shorett specified that his ruling applied only to De Funis, the university is concerned about the impact of the decision and will appeal to the state supreme court. The argument will likely be that traditional tests reflect middle-class white values and so entitle the university to use special means of evaluating minority applicants. Moreover, says Law Dean Richard Roddis: "We are trying to bring people from traditionally excluded groups into the mainstream of legal activities as one way to overcome 200 years of discrimination...
...convention, trading was also brisk in cards that featured subjects ranging from birds to Presidents. Such variety is particularly fascinating to Richard Reuss, a teacher of folklore at Detroit's Wayne State University and the owner of a 40,000-card collection. Says Reuss: "They very much reflect American life, from the 1930s when it was G-men and early airplanes, to the '60s when the Beatles and spacemen were popular." Between conventions a great deal of trading is done by mail...
...contractors and subcontractors have been notified of the University's responsibilities under Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 and their ensuing obligations. The University will notify all contractors and subcontractors of amendments to the Executive Order, and will alter all contracts and purchase orders to reflect such changes...