Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interview yesterday, Bok praised the Verba Report for stressing changes within the University's current affirmative action guidelines, rather than advocating any wholesale revision of those rules...
...needed a report that focused not so much on new methods, but on making sure that the methods and resources that we already have in place are implemented effectively and consistently," Bok said...
Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence--who in the end will decide how much of the Verba Report becomes FAS policy--last week called the Verba Report "thoughtful" and "very good," but witheld judgement on its specific proposals until he could consult with faculty members...
...report cast a spotlight on the quiet but crucial duel between Greenspan and George Bush over U.S. economic policy. In its stand against inflation, the Fed has resolutely tightened credit since last March, when the prime rate stood at 8.5%. But Bush, even though he pledged during the fall campaign to drive inflation down to 2%, insisted two weeks ago that he is not "overly concerned" about the threat of rising prices and cautioned that he "would not like to see" the Fed push interest rates higher. In Tokyo last week, Bush asserted that the Fed might be overreacting...
...NRDC report goes on to charge that the Government is failing to protect youngsters adequately from such dangers. It points out that current legal limits for pesticide residues, set by the EPA, are based on the consumption patterns and physiology of adults. Children eat a great deal more food for their body weight than adults. They also consume more fruit, which makes up an estimated 34% of preschoolers' diets, in contrast to 20% for adults'. Youngsters eat six times as many grapes, seven times as many apples and seven times as much applesauce as their parents. The typical preschooler drinks...