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...PSLM wants to ignore this fact and let extreme social reforms trammel Harvard’s academic mission. PSLM’s own estimate puts the total cost of implementing the living wage at $10 million per year. This is $10 million that, if PSLM has its way, won’t be available to hire professors, fund research and provide scholarships for students...
...desire. While the beauty of an object certainly helps to make others desire it, it is usually not enough in itself. Sharon Stone is beautiful; however, it was the combination of her looks, unabashed sexuality,intelligence, and total irreverence that made fans and Michael Douglas so susceptible to Catherine Trammel's wicked charm in "Basic Instinct...
NCAA 100-Yard Backstroke Results: 1. Dave Berkoff, Harvard, 48.20; 2. Jay Mortenson, Stanford, 48.62; 3. Richard Hughes, Princeton, 49:06; 4. Erik Hansen, Iowa St., 49.40; 5 Andy Gill, Texas, 49:42; 6. Glenn Trammel, Kansas, 49:69; 7. Scot Johnson, Arizona...
...prove past discrimination. Indeed, the Justices may in future cases require a showing that employers have persistently flouted court orders to improve their hiring practices. The court did set up some general ground rules for affirmative-action plans: they should be limited in duration and not "unnecessarily trammel" the rights of white workers. They must be carefully tailored to remedy the precise type of discrimination in each case and avoid rigid quotas. Those guidelines leave room for considerable argument in the lower courts, and no doubt affirmative- action plans will continue to be challenged by whites with the backing...
Then things seemed to be changing. The Tigers' farm-grown talent had produced nothing but mediocrity since 1973, but the likes of Alan Trammel, Lou Whitaker, Steve Kemp, Jack Morris and Lance Parrish thrust Detroit's love team near the playoffs. The Lions--guided by the poise of Billy "Silver Streak" Sims, Eric Hipple, Doug English, Al "Bubba" Baker and Freddie Scott--appeared to reach a similar plateau...