Word: true
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Everything the Globe said is true," Joe insisted. "It reflects Harvard's attitude towards athletics; it's so wishy-washy. Another place that takes its athletics seriously would have had an AD in a week...
...pressure for an "insider" brought results, but the alumni may have gone too far. True, their arguments make some sense: Watson agrees that the department's traditionally close affiliation with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and its primary responsibility to undergraduates, make it logical for the director to be someone close to the College. But as Pittenger notes, "There is a certain degree of professionalism in athletic administration," that exists even without a Harvard degree. Though he adds that his long stay at Harvard had made him enough of an "insider" that his lack of a Harvard sheepskin...
...world's most repressive regimes. It is reliably reported that agents of the Shah of Iran's secret police, SAVAK, are present in most college classrooms in the country, taking careful note of students who dare to criticize the conventional texts. Keenan says he believes the reports are true about SAVAK's infiltration of Iranian universities, but thinks it may be possible to avoid this lack of academic freedom at RSKU. The new university will be located in a relatively isolated area next to a national forest outside Teheran, away from the major urban foci of the spy network, Keenan...
...stereotype could be true...
...inequities in the system. In communities that have no sales or income levies, property owners are grossly overtaxed. Boston has no other local taxes, and homeowners pay the highest tax rate in the country-$252.90 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Though Boston assesses property at one-third its true market value, the effective rate is a whopping 8½%, a level even city officials admit is virtually confiscatory...