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...from what came before. For as Mackay-Smith discusses her priorities and approaches to governing first-year life, one thing becomes clear: she is largely following in the footsteps of her predecessor, Henry C. Moses, who left Harvard last spring after a 10-year stint to become headmaster of Trinity School, a prestigious private school in New York...

Author: By Michele F. Forman, | Title: The FIRST Year for the First-YEAR Dean | 9/25/1991 | See Source »

Mackay-Smith, a veteran of the Yard, is used to irate parents, among the many traditions of the first year at Harvard College. Six years as a proctor, a term as senior advisor and a stint as assistant dean of first-years have helped make this last transition easier...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Spicing Up First-Year With a Touch of Ginger | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Mackay-Smith, a veteran of the Yard, is used to irate parents, among the many traditions of the first year at Harvard College. Six years as a proctor, a term as senior advisor and a stint as assistant dean of first-years have helped make this last transition easier...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Spicing Up First Year With a Touch of Ginger | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...Tulsa program has had its failures. One 14-year-old who did a five-month stint riding with the cops later viciously attacked and robbed a motorist in a parking lot. Police blamed a lack of concern and discipline at home. "This program's a shot in the arm," says patrolman Greg Ball, "but it's only one part of the puzzle." Other officers agree -- but they are also convinced that reforming a teenager is easier and far cheaper for society than dealing with a hardened criminal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting The Brakes on Crime | 9/2/1991 | See Source »

...their territory. Everybody in Annapolis remembers the last swap, in 1988, when housing secretary Jacqueline Rogers was sent over to the planning department and promptly recommended that it be dissolved. Within a year it was gone, folded into the budget office. This year, when Rogers showed up for a stint as the head of the budget office, officials there rolled out the red carpet and solicited her advice on devising a new format for budget documents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Innovations: Musical Chairs in Maryland | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

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