Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to rejecting five motions placed before it by Hartman himself, the faculty approved motions that uphold the earlier findings against the former assistant professor of City Planning by the Hartman Review Committee (HRC). The committee had been at odds with the work of the Academic Policy Committee...
...persistence finally paid off late this summer. Impressed by the fervor of the New's defenders, the House voted 311 to 73 to uphold Kleppe's decision. The Senate concurred...
...defending Brown-Beasley's firing and his decision to uphold the dismissal, Champion last week cited Gibson's August 25 report on Brown-Beasley's actions, including the early August Holyoke Center incident. The acts described in the document, Champion said, constitute insubordination. The vice president also charged that Brown-Beasley "doesn't have any long-term relationships with anybody" and has a record of difficulties in a variety of jobs he has held at Harvard since...
Loyal Alumni. For students, the emotional turmoil can be difficult to take. Says Margie Malone, 17: "Everyone wants to run away from here sometime." In fact, each year about 50 students do run away-and 20 never return. Gauld blames the dropout rate on the parents' failure to uphold their pledge to make runaways return to Hyde. Margie ran away, but returned because "my mother stuck by her commitment. It brought us closer together...
...Jewish and black athletes in Berlin, the Nazis decided not to tamper with the Games. Canada's objections had come far too late for the I.O.C. to consider a change of venue for the Games. Declared Killanin: "It would appear that we've done everything possible to uphold our principles." The I.O.C.'s trump card, he added, was its moral stand. Nonetheless, the Canadians refused to budge...