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Colleges started sharing information in the 1950s. Now critics say the system is tantamount to price fixing. College officials disagree, but they are complying with the inquiry. "I've done almost nothing but work on this request since July 31," says Amherst College treasurer James Scott. It will be worth the effort, he says, if critics "bitching and moaning about college costs" come to see that no one is getting rich teaching the country's children...
...Delaware court rulings have created a more cordial climate for such deals. Before Time and Warner were allowed to consolidate, many companies feared that an agreement to merge would be tantamount to putting themselves up for sale. But the Delaware courts affirmed the right of corporate directors to pursue long-term strategies. Says Harvard law professor Reinier Kraakman of the new precedent: "This gives managers who are planning a friendly acquisition or a merger of equals a chance to go forward without losing out to a hostile acquirer...
Harvard University and the Undergraduate Council have both committed themselves to ending discrimination on the basis of race, sex or sexual orientation. How can either body consider officially condoning a student organization which so blatantly violates these principles? Reinstating ROTC is tantamount to restoring University ties to the final clubs. As we are all aware, military personnel are routinely discharged on grounds of sexual orientation. Moreover, ROTC promotes homophobic attitudes which are harmful and divisive in our (relatively) progressive society. We know of one ROTC student who, because he had a pierced ear, was made to stand in the parade...
...dollar ad account is because we can afford to keep running the presses without it. The Crimson is financially secure because of its ad base and graduate donors--comprised of the very groups that boast the very union-busting and investment practices we editorialize against. Pulling the ad is tantamount to giving with one hand, while taking with the other...
...recently adopted "controlled choice" student assignment plan in Boston is one such legitimate proposal, now under illegimate attack. Black members of the Boston School Committee and the Boston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) alleged last week the plan is tantamount to resegregation and is not in the best interests of minority schoolchildren. They may file a lawsuit against the school system to block the proposal's implementation...