Word: similar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the quest for diversity in the student body is a noble one, Harvard did employ similar reasoning about preserving diversity to limit Jewish admittees before World War II. Whether or not such quotas exist, the University owes its community and its outside critics an explanation, one that does not rest lightly on vague ideals or blatant favoritism of alumni and athletes. Harvard can best do this by cooperating fully with the federal investigation and by going an extra step further and opening up its secretive admissions process to public examination...
...Several similar motions were denied by MCADlast spring, and at that time Baker called them astalling tactic to distract the commission...
...creditworthiness, their job history and their marital status. Appearance and habits are carefully noted: Does he bite his nails? Does she have bad teeth? They are prodded for their likes and dislikes: Does he like reggae? Does she like Rostropovich? "I try to introduce two people who are so similar to each other that when the going gets rough, they can fall back on their similarities. If a client likes to sail, he's a poor match for a woman who gets seasick...
...clash over control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian enclave south of the Caucasus. And last week in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, the local supreme soviet turned down constitutional amendments proposed by Moscow and voiced new demands for sovereignty. Two days later, the Lithuanian supreme soviet raised similar objections, but stopped short of constitutional rebellion. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, to protest the compromise vote...
...Dennis DeConcini, Senators from several also-ran states protested to President Reagan that "there is a widespread perception that this decision was based . . . on political and other factors." They called for an investigation by both the General Accounting Office and a commission of "nationally respected physicists." Other legislators issued similar complaints...