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...academic, especially one chosen from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, would be familiar with the financial obligations of the College. Rosovsky, a former dean of the faculty, for example, served such a role in his understanding of the monetary demands of PAS not solely from the pecuniary standpoint. We would the next Corporation member to have as intimate a relationship with the University community as Rosovsky. He knew many people at Harvard in an academic capacity and by virtue of these relationships he was able to instill greater trust of the Corporation among professors and administrators. We hope...
...demagogue further plays on American society's fears that immigrants leave U.S. natural citizens worse off economically. However, he attacks the issue of immigration not merely from an economic standpoint but with an ethnocentric overtone. "Does this First World nation wish to become a Third World country? Because that is our destiny if we do not build a sea wall against the waves of immigration rolling over our shores...
...Traffic Services. NATCA's Krasner counters, "If you have a vision of an air-traffic-control system that 15 or 20 years from now will have fewer controllers, it doesn't really matter if you make these people work longer hours and burn them out. From an economic standpoint, it makes sense. From a human standpoint, it's crazy...
...them. That means they could enjoy a $2,000 reduction in their taxes next year under the G.O.P. plan. Even with a combined $90,000 income--he sells decorative laminates, she manages a dentist's office part time--that is a fair amount of money. "Speaking from a selfish standpoint," he says, "I won't send a couple of thousand dollars back." He laughs as he picks up his youngest, 14-month old Taylor, and bounces him on his knee to quiet him. "I wish [the credit] were $1,000 per child...
...hand, PBHA acknowledgement Harvard's right to do this. In fact, it makes sense from their standpoint, and we expected no less. Harvard's responsibilities are to undergraduate education, and to public service only to the extent that it affects that education...