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...Given the constraints, nothing dramatic happened from the report," Bressler says. "Nothing big came out of it, and from that standpoint it was a failure. The report's most salutary effect was that it created a dialogue on the purposes and adequacies of the college...
Slower Pace. From the standpoint of the recovering economy, there is an argument for avoiding the shock of an increase in withholding rates. Beyond that, signals are mixed: they cry neither for nor against a bigger tax reduction...
...power plant proposed to be constructed by MASCO is not in the best interests of the Harvard Schools, hospitals or the city of Boston from a financial, environmental or reliability standpoint...
...KOREAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS: Unhappy relations existed in the past between Korea and Japan. Since the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1965, we have striven to maintain and develop friendly relations, accepting Japan as a partner from the broader standpoint of contributing to the peace and progress of Asia. If South Korea were communized, the security of Japan would be threatened; and there would be a danger that Japan's domestic order would undergo a sweeping change...
...From one standpoint. A Fan's Notes is a chronicle of personal failure--Exley is a middle-aged alcoholic who tries to make ends meet by teaching writing and literature to college kids. He has been in and out of an insane asylum, gone through two marriages, and now he spends most days hovering over a drink. His life, by his own admission, is a waste. With one exception: Exley can write about his problems, failures and feeling of inadequacy with honesty...