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Knowles also made several suggestions about how to strengthen education within students' concentrations, stressing that Harvard should make available more tutorials and small classes taught by professors...
...whose diverse interests range from pushing day care to combating pornography. In some ways, feminist politics have expanded too much to keep women under one tent. In the Thomas-Hill aftermath, feminists took their energy in different directions: Geraldine Jensen, who heads a Toledo-based organization that seeks to strengthen child-support laws, says she plans to use the recent performance of the Senate Judiciary Committee to illustrate to her supporters why tough enforcement legislation has failed. "Now people will understand me when I say that these are the ones making the decisions," she says...
...Irish poet heaped words of praise on Rudenstine's abilities and said the Renaissance scholar wanted to strengthen the bonds between education and the arts...
This week the House Banking Committee will hold a hearing on the issue, prompted in part by two bills that have been introduced to strengthen cardholder rights. One proposal would let consumers pay off their account balances under the original rate any time rates are raised. Another would extend the grace period between the time of purchases and the application of finance charges...
...clear that too many parents and students believe that all kids cannot learn or that their ability to learn is more a function of genetic makeup than of how much effort you put in. I think both those notions are wrong, so I believe anything society does to strengthen family responsibilities and give schools the chance to teach is acceptable. And given that parents are an integral part of a child's education, I don't see anything at all wrong in fining them for failing to do their part...