Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Representatives to the Undergraduate Council, after some promising campaign rhetoric on the subject, have apparently let the meaty issue of tenure be relegated to a back burner. But it is well within their scope to set up a procedure to ensure that--whether or not tenure committees want the information only students can give--it's on their desks. Just this once, we might do well to take the tip from Yale...
...would be best if the President stopped worrying about the political belief of people in Latin America. Shaping the ideology of foreign nations is a task that falls well outside the scope of an American President's powers. As things stand, Reagan sacrifices valuable time and energy trying to get allies to fall in line--and even the most dependent countries now seem unwilling...
...Bishops' Competence. Numerous critics argue that writing detailed prescriptions on nuclear strategy is simply beyond the bishops' scope of knowledge. At least one bishop is inclined to agree. Peoria's Edward O'Rourke, 65, thinks the clergy are experts on moral principles, but not always on how to apply them: "I'm not confident we bishops have the ability to tell the President of the U.S. how to get the world out of the dangerous position in which it finds itself. If I were that wise, I wouldn't be sitting here...
...Harvard, 504 says, "A recipient that provides housing to its nonhandicapped students shall provide comparable, convenient, and accessible housing to handicapped students at the same cost as to others. At the end of the transition period, such housing shall be available in sufficient quantity and variety so that the scope of handicapped students' choice of living accommodations is comparable to that of nonhandicapped students...
...founded by President Truman in 1952, under the terms of a memo whose contents are still classified and inaccessible, even to Congress. No law has ever defined the permissible scope of activities of the NSA, yet its budget and staff are many times larger than any other American intelligence organization. Undoubtedly, the demands of national security require the surveillance of possible foreign agents. But the NSA remains unduly immune to public or Congressional oversight...