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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Allston Burr Senior Tutors in the Houses and the Senior Advisors to Freshmen do not act as prosecutors of students. Rather, they seek to establish a balanced account of an incident and to present the student's point of view to the Board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ad Board | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...image contrary to the one your sloppy journalist painted, in which Wellesley is merely a place to "find girlfriends," and later underscored with freshman Slawson's comment, "The only reason to come to Wellesley is to socialize." In fact, a large number of Wellesley's students elect to seek weekend entertainment off campus because the serious acdemic environment prevails seven days a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

Soon after the assessment, several local landlords took the rent control board to court in an attempt to force the board to alter the formula. The Cambridge District Court upheld the formula, which does not affect the right of landlords to seek increases based on each property's real operating cost. HRE, which did not participate in the lawsuit, is expected to win its rent increases if it proves that the three buildings' real operating costs are greater than the assessed costs...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: Harvard Real Estate to Appeal Cuts By Cambridge Rent Control Board | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

...tails you lose.' " Declared Michel: "We refuse to play." Recognizing that he had been outwitted, O'Neill withdrew the measure. But where did that leave the contras? In confused limbo. The Senate has approved the President's aid request; the House has not. Michel announced that he intends to seek a "clean" vote on the funding by rounding up the required signatures of a majority of the House (218 members) to bring a bill directly to the floor. If he succeeds, the earliest vote could come on May 12. If he fails, the contra funding would be at least indefinitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Like many other doctors who see the unfortunate consequences of endometriosis, Nezhat is concerned that a "lot of women do not seek help for this problem." Any serious pain, he notes, needs investigating. Agrees Cheri Bates: "If a doctor tells you that suffering is a woman's lot in life, get another doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Career Woman's Disease? | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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