Word: validation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...extended circling in approach patterns while the air traffic thins out, missed connections, even an occasional trip by his suitcase to Chicago after he got off at Memphis. There is one experience, however, that never fails to boil him: being "bumped" off a flight on which he holds a valid ticket and confirmed reservation. The odds against its happening, according to the airlines, are 2,000 to 1, but given the numbers of Americans who fly each year, those odds translate into a sizable contingent of very angry people...
...says. Under this proposal, sophomore tutorials in elite majors would be open to all, and selection by the limited concentrations would occur before junior year. The second alternative would open enrollment to all, using severe requirements to encourage a Darwinian type of natural selection. As Martin admits, there are valid arguments in favor of both proposals--and in favor of no changes--and the Faculty, which in this case must make the final decision, will undoubtedly gear itself up for a heated dispute...
...their department." Essentially, sources say, Martin's task force is concluding that things aren't in bad shape; there are trouble points, most of which, it would seem, the task force doesn't deal with too heavily, but the philosophy behind the idea of a Harvard concentration is valid...
...recent decision to allow Harvard students to cross-register in the ROTC program at MIT is an unacceptable one. The student antiwar movement which forced ROTC off campus in that late '60s held that there should be no connection between the university and the military; that contention seems as valid today...
Edward Albee, Litt.D. His work constitutes a valid statement of his faithful integrity and of the high value he places...