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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...democratic decision by those who use and pay for the services! Your letter fails to note the distinction between purchasing products for services and the actual provision of education in the eyes of students. In the latter case, Harvard can perhaps be permitted to claim the right to set minimum educational standards...

Author: By Andrew J. Kahn, | Title: Upholding Consumer Sovereignty | 5/25/1979 | See Source »

...patter over a light drum beat or bass line, in the manner of a Jim Morrison. For Smith this practice masquerades as high poetic art; for Reed it seems to be more a product of his declining vocal resources. His last album, Take No Prisoners-a live, double-record set-consisted mostly of Reed chattering with and occasionally insulting his audiences...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Notes from Underground? | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

THERE'S STILL some good music on Wave-"Frederick," an ode to Rimbaud set to a tune suspiciously like Smith's only hit, "Because The Night;" "Dancing Barefoot," in which she sings with more precision than she has yet managed; and "Broken Flag," a sweeping anthem to her curious idea of America. But even these tracks partake of the torpor that fills the rest of the record. During her last tour, Smith padded sheepishly around the stage and did her best to play cute. The music on Wave acts identically, and neither escapes with a shred of credibility...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Notes from Underground? | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

Chafin said yesterday he selected the two women because they "were among the best qualified of the total complement of candidates." Chafin added there is a need for woman-to-woman contact in the University community and that the department will be able to set up s Sensitive Crime Unit to deal with sexually related criminal offenses...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: University Police To Hire Women | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

Though Chafin said yesterday the department was not in violation of the affirmative action guidelines set by the federal government, he added, "I don't think we were very progressive...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: University Police To Hire Women | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

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