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...faith and "still end up with no more women or minority group members." The law itself is not very strong, so plans must be strong to give it any impact at all. After reviewing an earlier version of the accepted proposal, he emphasized "We have to make them [Harvard] tighten up their programs as much as possible...
...ordered to work at different speeds: "normal, slow and very slow." This tactic played havoc with News deadlines, prevented the publishing of more than 700 ad pages in 19 days, and cost the paper some $2 million in lost revenue. News officials responded with an ultimatum: either the printers tighten up by May 6 or the slack would be handled by automation. When the publishers made good on their threat, Powers acted...
...relatively specific: Expository Writing exists primarily to develop basic writing skills among all incoming students: most of that department's energy is poured into the regular Expos 10 course, which is the only required course at Harvard. As budgets tighten, the upper level courses, which have allowed for considerably more variety and flexibility, are the first to become expendable. The great crime in tampering with them, however, is that these courses--and I am specifically thinking of two that I took in Fiction and Autobiography--have been unique opportunities for undergraduates who have not been confident enough or experienced enough...
...asked last year. When the university does that, students and faculty and printers (everyone who lives and works at Harvard) will be able to decide together how much Harvard can afford. In the meantime, students and employees already have a common interest--resisting the administration's attempts to quietly tighten the financial screws on them both...
DiCara's platform in the secretary of state campaign includes, support of legislation for full disclosure of the personal assets of all elected officials, legislation to tighten up campaign disclosure laws so that every contribution must be made public, and laws to bring about easier voter registration. But the councilman says he believes that the election won't be based on issues. "It will probably just be an educational campaign to see what the secretary of state does," he said after declaring his candidacy...