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...remedy for a lack of tutors, the restrictions have the distinct flavor of blaming the victim. The more educational and fair solution would not be to hold students responsible for the shortage, but to combat the shortage itself. The Department took the first step by requiring its 35 faculty thesis advisors to take on at least three theses each. This group alone accounts for 105 theses, only seven short of this year's figure. With an additional 35 eligible advisors, the Department could accommodate the anticipated growth over the next few years. Department administrators should spend their time thinking...
...party. In elections this fall, the Republicans face 36 gubernatorial races and 34 Senate contests. Atwater had vowed he would be "brutal" about targeting congressional districts to reduce the Democrats' 82-seat House majority, but even he admits he has since lost his taste for hand-to-hand political combat...
Although many say he wanted to run the Treasury, Kemp has found his niche in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Months after assuming the post, he proposed more than 50 recommendations to combat the political favoritism and corruption that has plagued the department in previous Democratic and Republican administrations...
Because acquaintance rape is such an underreported crime--Assistant Dean for Coeducation Janet Viggiani says that about one in 100 cases are reported to officials--it will be difficult to combat it with stronger punishment...
...initial reluctance to name the cause of Halston's death was not unusual in the close-knit fashion industry. Broadway and Hollywood may have organized to combat the disease that is decimating their ranks, but the couture business -- increasingly nervous about its image with consumers and investors, and struggling to find a new direction in a sluggish retail market -- remains nearly silent about the disease that is carrying off some of its most famous names in their creative prime...