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...that line is sometimes difficult to determine as law schools thrive on intellectual differences. "Disagreements over doctrine, arguments over approaches to the law and where we're going, occur and hopefully will occur in any law faculty," Friedenthal said. "A law school should be on the knife edge of debate...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Outside Scholars Evaluate Law School Controversy | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

...fact, officials were so certain that there were no illegal aliens working at Harvard that they sought an exemption from the law. Lobbyists from the University and other schools argued this summer in Washington that educational institutions do not thrive on cheap labor so they are not likely to exploit illegal immigrants...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Harvard to Comply With New Law; Employees Must Prove Citizenship | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...fact, officials were so certain that there were no illegal aliens working at Harvard that they sought an exemption from the law. Lobbyists from the University and other schools argued this summer in Washington that educational institutions do not thrive on cheap labor so they are not likely to exploit illegal immigrants...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Harvard to Comply With New Law; Employees Must Prove Citizenship | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

...this would appear to be another success story for the American dream, an example of the continuing immigrant urge to succeed and of the nation's ability to thrive on the dynamism of its new citizens. But there is also a troubling side to the story. Asian Americans consider the "model minority" image a misleading stereotype that masks individuality and conceals real problems. Many immigrant families, especially the Indochinese refugees who arrived in the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975, remain mired in poverty. Their war-scarred children, struggling with a new language and culture, often drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The New Whiz Kids | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

While IBM, Compaq and Tandy fight it out in the IBM-compatible marketplace, Apple (1986 revenues: $2 billion) continues to thrive by going its own way with machines that run on different software. The company's products have long been favored by educators and hobbyists, but now more corporate customers are taking a shine to the newest machines at the core of Apple's line: the Macintosh SE and the Macintosh II. Many executives have decided that Apple's machines are more user friendly than comparable IBM models. Apple's success in the office market is largely the work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Downtime | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

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