Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...issues may be numerous, but the fundamental question is not: Will Harvard continue to drift away from its academic mission, narrow-minded in its pursuit of dollars and closed to outside influence, until it loses its national preeminence? Or will it accept its responsibility as an educational institution, open its decision-making structures, and adapt for the future? The answer will largely depend on who is the next president...
...Council should not, however, take the extra step of recommending that the University refuse to accept ROTC scholarship money...No longer would Harvard be just opposing discrimination; it would be using economic leverage to force students to change their activities. Just as students receive special money from discriminatory Harvard-based scholarships, ROTC cadets should be permitted to use ROTC money...
...state department of education ruled that Michael should be "mainstreamed" into a school in his home district of Chichester. The new school promised to accept Ashley, install wheelchair ramps and assign attendants to help him use the bathroom twice a day. But all Michael wants is to take Ashley to his old school. His parents have challenged the dog ban as discriminatory against the disabled...
...parties must accept a so-called interim U.N.-run administration, pending elections for a new government. The rebel factions have indicated their support for this, and small wonder. The proposal would achieve their main goal -- removal of Hun Sen's government -- at least until elections were held, and would replace his regime with an outside government that would be virtually powerless to punish cease-fire violations. Moreover, U.N. bureaucrats could serve as yet another foreign enemy against which the xenophobic Khmer Rouge could rally popular opinion. Hun Sen has predictably refused to dismantle his government, which was installed...
Steiner said the University has not yet signed the pledge, but he said that Harvard--which receives $200,000 annually from the NEA--would not rule that possibility out. Similarly, officials at the American Repertory Theatre said that the theatre will not decide whether to accept or reject about $18,000 worth of funds until "the very last minute...