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...decided in consultation with Jordan's King Hussein, as head of a Jordanian-Palestinian state. Rabin's Cabinet won approval in the Knesset by a narrow 61-51 vote, with five abstentions and three absentees; Israeli political observers predicted that the new Premier will have to strengthen his own government before he can undertake negotiations with any of Israel's neighbors...
...they projected in the action plan approved by HEW. If the central administration really believed that this new spirit does now exist and if its commitment to af- firmative action as strong as Leonard suggests, one might guess that the administration might use the opportunity to rewrite and strengthen its plan. But neither Bok nor Leonard thinks there is much value in the Currier House Woman's Group suggestion that the plan undergo a new review...
...University's present admissions policy. Harvard doesn't take the "most qualified" applicants it gets--there's no way it could even try. Rather, Harvard picks from a pool of more or less equally qualified applicants a class it expects to be interesting and diverse. Admitting more women would strengthen both efforts, and imply no lowering of academic standards. At the same time, adopting a one-to-one policy would place Harvard in the forefront of a movement to redress the cumulative effects of centuries of discrimination. "Sex-blind" admissions, working with the status quo, does not address itself...
...merger tussle is viewed as a tug-of-war, the small deficit would considerably strengthen Radcliffe's position. What pressure Radcliffe trustees feel to merge is not based on financial considerations, they say. Their trust is to preserve the interest of women's education within the Harvard system, an interest perhaps best served by merging...
Beitz told President Bok Thursday that the gift was intended to help strengthen the relations between America and Europe. The Foundation did not stipulate which countries the money is used to study...