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Obviously, some groups detest the idea of giving up any choice at all. Freshmen, opposed to a change that directly affects them, reacted vehemently, as more than 1000 of them petitioned for a review of the plan. Withholding lottery numbers only adds insult to injury, removing the last vestige of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairness First | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

We can protest only with disappointment the best of solutions implemented in the most short-sighted fashion. Students should press to keep the old lottery system until a new one can apply fairly to all.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairness First | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

Gifford notes that she has many supporters among the faculty and administration, but few among the University's property managers. "We just don't understand why Harvard Real Estate is so short-sighted and doesn't see the value of controlled real estate development," she says.

Author: By Jeremy L. Hirsh, | Title: Citizens' Group Battles to 'Save Square' | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

Minutes after the anniversary broadcast began in Braga (pop. 125,000), a mini-panic was on. Said Antonio Costa Guimares, one of the show's producers: "It was total chaos." While some residents fled, others rushed to the * spot where the fearsome extraterrestrials were said to have been sighted. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: Space Saga In Braga | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Along the third-base line, an old man in a traditional Korean black hat and flowing black gown was spinning around like a madman and waving a Korean flag. The same versatile character had been sighted just a day before at the Hanyang University gymnasium waving a Japanese flag. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Views From Row Z | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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