Word: undercutting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Melnick points out, Harvard's slipshod minority recruitment program is indicative of its slipshod commitment. The institutional framework of minority recruitment at Harvard is characterized by its unprofessionalism. It is obvious from Melnick's piece that student recruitment, a major thrust of recruitment at Harvard, is undercut; that professional recruitment is not a formal institutional objective; and that disorganization and incoherence pervade the minority recruitment effort in such a way that, in the future, these may serve as excuses to cut off all funds and cancel all obligations. As Enrique Moreno correctly observes, student recruitment will have to justify itself...
...publications, the board should "bring new ideas and fresh viewpoints to the University, to prevent provincialism, inbreeding and self-satisfaction." Furthermore, Harvard's praiseworthy policy of encouraging alumni participation through elections, which serves to broaden the University's base for self-evaluation and policy making, is unwisely undercut by this year's political maneuvers, which defy that spirit of democracy. By pursuing this new and narrow course, Harvard is acting in exactly the provincial manner that it supposedly deplores...
Every element in the Loeb production conspires to undercut the play's serious intention. As if taking the cue from Donald Soule's unbalanced set design, which places the richly-colored tavern hearth flush against the dry burlap of symmetrical castle towers, the comic scenes, appearing in the midst of the serious, only seem to mock them. The peak of this production is reached when Falstaff, balancing his weight on a chair balanced on a table top, wearing a pillow on his head as crown, chastises Hal in mimicry of his father, the king. Even at the climax...
...tomato juice, applesauce-in blunt, stencil-like lettering. Yet these no-name groceries have become hot items, and they could herald a change in the way that Americans shop. Reason: prices of the generic-name groceries range 10% to 35% below those of comparable brand-name products, and even undercut Jewel's Cherry Valley and Mary Dunbar house brands by as much...
...Undertaking minor surgery of all kinds-from face lifts to vasectomies to repair of hernias-the clinics discharge patients almost as soon as they shake off their postoperative grogginess. The only radical surgery performed is on medical bills. By never keeping anyone overnight, they are able to undercut typical hospital costs for operations by as much...