Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faculty did debate--somewhat--the effects of a one-to-one female ratio, which the administration had predicted as a possible outcome of the merger. Though no Faculty member explicitly opposed the merger--with the exception of what Ford calls a few "curmudgeonly old misogynists"--many professors worried that the push to balance the ratio could force a decrease in the number of male applicants accepted. Reducing the male student body spelled disaster to Pusey who declared at the February Faculty meeting: "Call this male chauvinist if you like. There are many people here who would be unhappy...
Faculty members very briefly touched on how the merger would affect students. Some argued women might be better off remaining Radcliffe students, if only officially, because it gave them a sense of identity that affiliation with Harvard would destroy. Constable says he and other faculty members "somewhat feared women would not be as well-off." More faculty seemed concerned that men might be better off if women remained Radcliffe students. Pusey pronounced at the February Faculty meeting that Harvard had an "obligation to the nation" to train Harvard men. Peterson says he felt "very protective about the male student body...
...town clerk was, in fact, typical of New Hampshiremen to precisely the extent that David Rockefeller is a typical New Yorker. But he knew what was required, and he gave a good, understated interpretation of his role as an upright rural citizen somewhat bewildered by the attention that he and his state were getting. The network's No. 2 talker did the show, and congratulated himself for extracting a snappy interview from the town clerk...
...cannot obscure the reality that emerged from last week's crisis: after years of bloodshed and fruitless diplomatic maneuvers, the warring parties had finally agreed upon a majority-rule constitution. Whatever hazards lie ahead, that indispensable foundation has been laid, and the prospect of a peaceful settlement looms somewhat larger on the horizon. Despite their divergent views on the shape and form of the future Zimbabwe government, neither side relishes the alternative of all-out civil...
Though U.S. consumption has fallen somewhat, the country's imports have also nsen, though only...