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MARY I. BUNTING (1960-1972)--Radcliffe Institutes a House system similar to Harvard's. In 1963, Harvard degrees are awarded to Radcliffe students and women are admitted to the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Four years later, Lamont Library is opened to Radcliffe students. In 1970, Harvard and Radcliffe hold their first joint commencement. The next year, Radcliffe and Harvard unity their House systems, and coeducational living begins...
...Home Box Office, a Time Inc. company that operates the largest pay movie network, said it will launch a 24-hour comedy channel this fall as its first basic cable service. Two days later, MTV Networks, a sister of Showtime, the second largest pay movie channel, announced plans for similar comedy programming early next year...
Something similar might be said of Hollywood this summer -- the so-called summer of the sequels. Between now and August, moviegoers will be offered up seconds of Ghostbusters and Lethal Weapon, a third Karate Kid, fifths of Star Trek and A Nightmare on Elm Street, an eighth Friday the 13th and, for the 17th time around, James Bond, in Licensed to Kill...
...Black Greeks have no time to merely write books about the "myriad of social pathologies" plaguing the Black community, including teen pregnancy, drug abuse and illiteracy. We take an active stance. We get things done. And though we are open to those seeking information, we have adopted a policy similar to that of the Harvard academic community: the knowledge is here for your consumption, but we will not spoon-feed it to you. Spending our time proselytizing would mean one less Black child that we got off the streets and into a tutoring program: one less donation for our annual...
...barriers would include requiring mandatory severance pay for workers laid off during takeover battles. Dukakis said he hoped the package would win speedy approval from the state Legislature and inspire similar measures across the nation...