Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...readily admits. But they were easy to pass in those days because there was much more optimism, not to say naivete, about solving the nation's problems, and a booming economy made the money available. "In the 1960s," says Califano, "all these social programs didn't seem to cost the American people anything because they were all making more real income. Today, when we increase our investment in one group of people, we are taking it away from some other group...
STUDENT LOANS. Beginning in 1958 a series of student loan programs was enacted to make a college education available to virtually everyone who wanted it. Unfortunately, the program does not seem to have educated students to their responsibilities. Although they pay no interest on the Government loans for up to a year after leaving school, and then only 3% to 7%, more
...Regardless of the truth that female freshmen are more mature than the male, it seems ridiculous to say you should house the freshmen in one place and the freshwomen somewhere else," says Kevin M. Kennedy '80. "It doesn't seem to me to be a very good idea to have the freshmen separate from the upperclassmen. I lived at Currier, and it was much easier for me to have contact with the upperclassmen than for the present freshmen. All I had to do was walk around the dining hall to meet them...
Although the idea of a corporation may seem logical to Wyatt and other University officials who see it as a better way to manage Harvard's real estate, the proposition still remains a mystery to many within the University and the community. Both Russell E. Hill, director of Real Estate, and Miller decline to comment on specifics concerning the motives for forming the corporation, largely because they don't know them. They say they were kept in the dark throughout Zeckhouser's year-long evaluation. Norman C. Winchester, manager of residential property, also declines to comment, saying, "I really know...
...offers both optimistic and pessimistic speculations on what Harvard's new system could mean for the city. "Maybe it will be a good thing to have a central office with which the city can negotiate with Harvard," Wylie says. He adds that all members of the Cambridge City Council seem to believe now that Harvard's expansion in Cambridge should cease. "This could be an era of unprecedented cooperation if this central office is willing to negotiate with us. Perhaps the city could stop viewing Harvard as a necessary evil and Harvard could stop viewing the city as a constant...