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Instead, Calkins says, it is the nature of the job--combined with its stringent requirements--that makes it hard for women to join...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Changing Face of the Harvard Corporation | 2/15/2000 | See Source »

...faculty committee may well choose to loosen these restrictions. Several competing universities already have less stringent standards. At Stanford, for instance, faculty members are allowed to own up to $100,000 worth of research and technology firms without alerting university...

Author: By Tonisha M. Calbert, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS May Relax Limits on Researchers | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...like them on other people, I think they're really pretty. But collared shirts: I think they're huge, I love them. This tanktop is the tanktop that I always wear in the winter. These pants my mom made. She makes most of my pants because I'm very stringent, very stringent on pants. Pants have to be exactly what I want. These actually, I don't know, I'm hoping I lost a little weight but I don't think so--they really don't fit as well as they used to. The ideal pant for me is tight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Wearing It Out: A Fashion Dialogue | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

Ellen Shachter, an attorney at Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services, wrote the current condominium proposal in an attempt to make the laws more stringent and more enforceable...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rent Control Gone But Not Forgotten | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

...steadily refused to name the sources of at least $1.2 million in unreported campaign contributions made to the C.D.U. during his tenure as Chancellor. He acknowledged using the cash to set up secret bank accounts, and then funneling money to favored politicians, all of which was illegal under stringent campaign laws introduced by none other than Kohl. He angered even his most stalwart supporters by implying that his promise of anonymity to the sources of the illegal money was more important than Germany's laws. "I regard myself as incapable of breaking my promise," Kohl said in announcing his resignation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kohlgate | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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