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...will need another few seasons to catch Cobb. Indeed, he needs only one more hit to pass Stan Musial; he got a hit last week-in a softball game in Cincinnati. Tom Seaver of the Reds needs 48 wins to join that select group of pitchers with 300 career victories; at 36, he cannot easily afford to lose a season's pitching starts...
Under the standard grievance procedure in such cases, Wright may choose one member of the three-member ad hoc committee that will hear her complaint. Dean Rosovsky and Huggins select the other two grievance committee members. When Wright tapped Southern, however, the executive committee rejected Southern as "inappropriate," and asked Wright to select someone else...
...deal of concern among officers and members about getting women and minorities to write notes," says editor-in-chief John Campbell. Current editors work with students to give them advice and edit their notes. Of Harvard's system, Campbell says. "They put themselves in a difficult position when they select on the basis of grades. I don't see grades as a proxy for good editorial skills...
Though Ylvisaker said he does not know whom the advisory committee will select as his successor, he said Bok might use the GSE deanship to show his support for affirmative action. "The prospects for a woman dean are fairly high," he added...
...padded the suit's bra with foam. When the strategy bounced back, Miss U.S.A. organizers expelled her from the competition. Fountain countered that some of her peers had cantilevered their chests with permanent breast implants. Contestants flatly denied the charge, and pageant officials went on to select as Miss U.S.A. Ohio Beauty Kim Seelbrede...