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Jewett, who said he intends to maintain close ties with the admissions office during his tenure as dean of the College, said he thought the office would be able to function without him, but added "it would be preferable to have somebody there during the winter and spring...
Although most of the proctors are pretty easygoing, their intended function is to act as the resident enforcer of University rules and regulations. Some proctees see their proctor--most of whom are Harvard graduate students--twice a year when study cards are due. Busy schedules at the Medical School and upcoming dissertation deadlines often leave some proctees proctorless...
...enforcement budget for 1985 comes to only $366 million for a staff of 7,599, less than a third the number of officers with the New York City police department. That lack of resources, acknowledges a senior INS official, reflects the longstanding "national ambivalence" toward the service's main function...
...away, Secretary of State George Shultz was in his office, talking by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres about the hostage crisis. After the killings, security was tightened, including some searches of attache cases. Still, unsettled officials admitted that lapses can always occur. Said one: "We have to function. Are we going to search 10,000 people a day? I don't think you can ensure that a tragic incident like this will never happen...
...said, she and her engineer husband Geza were living on a coffee and fruit farm in Nova Europa, 175 miles north of Sao Paulo, when they were introduced at a social function to Wolfgang Gerhard. Gerhard, an Austrian living in Brazil, asked the Stammers if they could take in a Swiss friend of his named Peter Hochbichlet. The friend, Gerhard said, would be able to help out around the farm. Agreeing to put up Peter, or "Pedro," in a separate house on their property, the family found him to be as good as Gerhard's word: the man paid...