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...must first obtain a standardized application from the Housing Office. Besides basic biographical data, they will ask for a student's concentration and which Houses the student has applied to, ranking them in order of preference. The applications also include a space for optional information. The forms do not spell out what data belongs in this spot, but it will undoubtedly be useful in the masters' choice stage of the transfer process, to be discussed later...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: A House of Your Choice | 9/28/1977 | See Source »

...better than we otherwise might have in the new endeavors we now pursued." Mitford went on to publish an impressive series of books, including one that exposed the corruption of the American undertaking business, and another widely-praised work on the prison system (she went to jail for a spell as part of her research), and to get involved in the anti-war movement...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: A Humorous Perspective | 9/21/1977 | See Source »

Caddell argues that Carter must now move into Phase 2. The President needs to spell out more clearly the vision he has for America, says the pollster, to show that he can actually improve the lives of the people. Caddell no doubt will soon have a memo on all this for the President to study. But right now there are beaches to walk and boats to mess with and boiled lobsters to savor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Nothing Wrong with Normalcy | 9/5/1977 | See Source »

...cellar factories whose workers labor all hours to meet delivery dates. Even the biggest Italian and other European-owned subsidiaries may buy components from suppliers who use black labor (U.S. subsidiaries prefer to play by the official rules). For some companies, use of the secret labor pool can spell the difference between survival and bankruptcy. Italian industry is bound hand and foot by prounion laws that make it virtually impossible to lay off workers in slack periods, mandate extensive and expensive fringe benefits and tie official factory wages to soaring prices; unionized workers further stage incessant strikes and have horrendous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Italy's Secret Economy | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

Though the dry spell has made two out of every three Western communities eligible for federal emergency drought funds, it has barely hurt California agriculture (except for wheat and cattle farms), which uses up to 85% of the water in the nation's leading agricultural state. This year's farm output is expected to be normal-around $8.9 billion-despite a second straight year of drought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: Waterless West | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

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