Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alumni, have taken a much less active role in the day-to-day affairs at Harvard. A group which in its early days brought down Harvard presidents became within 20 years after the Galbraith incident a virtually impotent body, which at one time considered its own dissolution. During the term of President Bok the Board has regained a more active role in the University, keeping tabs on academic departments through its visiting committees...
...Dukakis's own public service career, Harvard has played and will continue to play an important role. Coming between his unsuccessful first term as governor and a far smoother period as the state's chief executive after 1982, Dukakis's tenure at the Kennedy School was a critical period in his political development...
Dukakis's first term as governor was characterized by public relations problems, as many of the policies he instituted provoked reaction from community groups and the press. Massachusetts earned the sobriquet of "Taxachusetts" under Dukakis's leadership in the mid-1970s as the state tried to remedy an economic crisis with taxes that were among the highest in the nation...
...everyone was enthusiastic when Allison enlisted Dukakis to teach at the school of government. "The objectors were fearing we would become a dumping ground for failed politicians," Allison says. After a disastrous gubernatorial race and a spotty first term record, Dukakis's political fortunes seemed in decline, and members of the K-School faculty questioned the worth of bringing the former governor to the academic community...
From a public relations standpoint, Dukakis's years since the Kennedy School have been an unqualified success, spurred in large part by what the Governor's supporters term "the Massachusetts economic miracle." Unemployment here is the lowest in the nation, the high-tech industry has revitalized the economy and the Governor's much-touted Employment in Training (ET) program has succeeded in removing 30,000 welfare recipients from the rolls...