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...disappointed to read of the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club's intention to drop "Radcliffe" from its title ("GOP Club May Strike 'Radcliffe' From Name, news story, Oct. 27, 1994). The article indicated that the change, according to some students, is intended to slight Radcliffe, or women undergraduates' role in the Club...
Because the Two-Dean structure is only a slight modification of the current system, implementation would be much easier. A proven administrator from within or outside the College could move into this position without the major transition that would inevitably occur with the Super-Dean model. Under Super-Dean, there would be large "on the job training" costs to familiarize a faculty member with the administrative aspects...
...English accents. For the first part of the play, McPartland and Marmor do not speak like Brits while Normand does. This is tolerable. Normand's accent suggests Alison's privileged upbringing, and the fact that Robe (as someone from a similar background) also speaks with a slight accent supports this. But the two women are unable to sustain their accents throughout, and the arrival of Alison's American-sounding father (Will Slaughter) on the scene confuses things...
Harvard and Brown both sport 4-3 records, with only a slight difference in their conference marks. Harvard is 2-2 in league play, while Brown...
North's careful response suggests he may be pulling his punches since he has a slight edge over incumbent democrat Chuck Robb. New FEC figures say he's got a $17 million war chest -- four times that of Robb and nearly 30 times independent Marshall Coleman...