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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear that the success of the leave of absence varies with each individual depending on the original motivation for taking time off and the expectation of what should be accomplished. But a substantial number of those who do take leaves return to Harvard with some sense of success. And it seems that, bolstered by recent court decisions specifically forbidding graduate and professional schools to discriminate against applicants on the basis of age, the number of students who take a term or a year off while at Harvard will continue to be fairly significant. Whether, as in the case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grades, campaigns and other reasons | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

When the Radcliffe trustees appointed Horner to the college's presidency she was heralded by the press and national educational and women's organizations. She had written extensively on women in higher education--her fear-of-success hypothesis--which magazines gave wide and favorable coverage to. At 32, Radcliffe's youngest president was described as vivacious, articulate, charming and intellectual; she seemed the perfect figure to lead Radcliffe as it neared the end of its first 100 years...

Author: By Margaret A. Shapiro, | Title: Ruling over Radcliffe | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...fill the Financial Systems post created a conflict of interest in Wyatt's work. His interest in running OIT smoothly and on an even financial keel, Brown-Beasley suggests, was likely to influence the advice Wyatt and his staff would offer as head of Financial Systems (indeed, Wyatt's success on this front was cited this summer when he was named to the vice presidential post); In other words, in his second position Wyatt held a consulting veto power over decisions like whether or not to contract for work from OIT. From the Financial Systems post, Brown-Beasley adds, Wyatt...

Author: By Margaret A. Shapiro, | Title: Ruling over Radcliffe | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...outlook for Harvard soccer this fall is, well, questionable. Although there is some cause for optimism, "questionable" is the only realistic way to describe a team that has had varied success under George Ford's coaching the last two seasons...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Soccer: a cloudy picture | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...single redeming feature of Schroeder's film is its success in conveying a sense of Amin's personality and the origins of his political and personal philosophy, such as it is. For language barrier or not, Amin clearly emerges as something of a psychopath, evidenced by his manaical giggle when questioned about his affection and admiration for Hitler, by his professed knowledge of the time and circumstance of his own eventual death, and by numerous other incidents and remarks. It is apparent that he is a complete dupe of the most militant anti-Israel forces in the Arab world, believing...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Taking the Easy Way Out | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

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