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...Under the new procedure, the review will offer membership to the top four students in each section, and will then search for the highest-ranking minority member among the next 25 highest-ranking students in that section. If no minority student is found in this group, the review will select the section's highest-ranking woman...

Author: By Michael G. Harpe, | Title: Law Review Adopts Affirmative Action | 2/5/1981 | See Source »

Davis said he expects to select a new tutor by spring vacation, in late March...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Winthrop Senior Tutor Leaves, Takes Full-OCS-OCL Position | 2/4/1981 | See Source »

...Porc, they pride themselves on their reputation as the most select, the most elite, and, well, the most "clubby" of all the clubs. But when it comes to picking new members, they do what all the final clubs on campus do. "Punching" is one of those rituals the clubs are loathe to abandon; they've been doing it since the days when somebody's valet lived in my Adams House room. Members page through the freshman register and locate faces, names and addresses which might fit into their club. Then they issue invitations to cocktail parties, eager to see what...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

Feminist health clinics, which have spearheaded the revival of cervical caps, say the device has received impressive notices. Iowa City's Emma Goldman Clinic for Women has fitted 700 caps since 1978, and reports that over half the clients using barrier contraceptives select the cervical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Another Barrier to Pregnancy | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...best known among the few bronzes that survived from this period are the Poseidon in the Athens National Archaeological Museum and the charioteer in Delphi. In their restored state, the two statues at the Florence museum rank with this select company. Scholars and amateurs alike have been fascinated by both the perfection of the preservation and the skill of the statues' creators, as reflected in such details as the whorls of a beard, the braids of a headband, the shiny, silver-plated teeth and the copper lips, eyelashes and nipples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Ancient Gifts from the Sea | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

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