Word: tougher
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...inevitably finding it difficult to accept regulations imposed in the name of equality. A current of individualism runs deep at Harvard, and it is not surprising that students here enjoy a level of personal and academic freedom matched by undergraduates at few institutions. When Harvard has tried to impose tougher, more uniform academic regulations, its efforts have often been derailed; administrators now freely acknowledge that the Core Curriculum, once heralded as a return to academic basics, will leave students at least as much discretion as they enjoyed under Gen Ed. Americans may treasure equality of treatment at the hands...
...remains unclear whether Harvard can handle tougher competition without Dixon, the Crimson's best ball-handler and a dangerous offensive threat, but with Fleming back in form, the rest of the squad may be able to raise its level of play and walk away from the upcoming doubleheader with a 4-1 record...
...three hours with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. The two leaders had some differences to iron out over the Polish question: Mitterrand had consistently taken a strong, anti-Soviet line about the imposition of martial law, while Schmidt had originally been tepid in his criticism, although he took a tougher stand after conferring with President Ronald Reagan two weeks ago. At the end of their meeting, Mitterrand and Schmidt declared that their views were now in harmony...
...Soviet Union for its invasion of Afghanistan. Although Carter in effect cut nearly all U.S. economic and political ties to the Soviet Union, Reagan lashed out at his predecessor during the presidential campaign for failing to respond aggressively enough to the Soviets: if elected, Reagan promised he would act tougher toward Moscow...
Part of the remedy is for the Department of Health and Human Services to provide a uniform definition of delinquency and for schools, which are responsible for administering the loans, to adopt tougher collection policies. According to the Senate committee's case-by-case review of loans to Harvard medical students, 24% are in arrears. The university, however, claims that only 5% of medical and dental students with loans are delinquent. One reason for the differing rates: a partial payment, even on a long-overdue loan, can take a debtor off the school's delinquency roll. Last month...