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...nearly impossible to overcome; even manageable programs generally prove extremely stressful. For many students, the prospect of continuous uncertainly about their academic future is too high a price for pursuing an unestablished field that fascinates them. Even the amount of time it takes to coordinate a Special Concentration may tip the scales in a student's mind, and may even make the whole program unworkable. Such dangers are inherent in the setup; by making that setup the only mute to an alternative program, and then--realistically--discouraging or rejecting so many applicants. Harvard has effectively divested itself of any responsibility...
...schedule for the entire tour had been mapped out to the minute and the mouthful. Last November the Queen's press secretary, Michael Shea, walked every inch of the path that the Queen will tread during her tour. Everywhere she goes, the Queen is equipped with a precise tip sheet briefing her on names and issues to be either discussed or avoided...
...cost the G.O.P. the 1982 midterm elections, and threatens to make Reagan a one-term President. Yet the White House has been relatively adroit lately in reducing the Democrats' ability to exploit the issue. The bipartisan compromise on Social Security blunted one Democratic attack. Last week House Speaker Tip O'Neill conceded, in a public statement, that Reagan had "kept his promise" to move promptly on a jobs measure. Thus, despite serious reverses and anemic poll standings, Reagan remains a very active player in the grand political game...
Enthusiasm for emergency jobs was running especially high among Democrats, some of whom pressed for a huge antirecession package costing upwards of $30 billion. But the party elders, including House Speaker Tip O'Neill, were chilled by Reagan's deficit projections and opted instead for a plan that would cost from $5 billion to $7 billion. "It doesn't help the unemployed," explained one Democratic leader, "to propose a $50 billion program that would not pass...
Verola subsequently landed a new job with the E.F. Hutton office in Fort Lauderdale. And she has started her own bi-weekly stock tip sheet, Marina's Market Letter (cost: $195 a year), which she says has hundreds of subscribers. (She currently likes gold, Dynatech and Caesars World...