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While the function of public relations officials may be to deny that a clear policy towards the future of housing in the Harvard community even exists, the Craigie Arms dispute has proved the contrary to be true. A policy does exists, and it closely resembles that of any successful conglomerate. Grab the bucks while you can, and don't lose sleep over anything--or anyone--that gets...
Healy's assurance came after testimony from Maria Imparato, director of the Rent Control Board, who said a $70,000 revenue shortfall meant "my office will not be able to function. We will not be able to close out the year...
Critics claim that her real goal is to slash the agency's budget and staff so deeply that it cannot function. Gorsuch has volunteered reductions in EPA spending from $1.36 billion a year when she took office to less than $950 million by fiscal 1983. A ranking official of EPA last week disclosed that Gorsuch is readying dismissal notices for at least 750 of the agency's 4,200 Washington headquarters staff and probably for a commensurate percentage of the 5,800 field staff. Those cuts would come on top of the 1,000 jobs already eliminated...
...distinct worlds of data processing and communications have increasingly fused together into a vast new megamarket. Computers a continent apart communicate with each other over telephone lines and via satellite transmissions. Meanwhile, the elaborate multibillion-dollar telephone networks that make such communications possible have grown dependent on computers to function...
Finally, almost any protest can be punished under the resolution's expansive language. The "right," asserted in the resolution, to "demonstrate...in orderly fashion" means little. For example, a class boycott three years ago clearly disrupted the "central" educational function of the University. The organizers, even the participants, could have been disciplined. Similarly, a "phone-in" of Derek Bok's office was also legal, non-violent, and a violation of the resolution on rights and responsibilities. Even last year's library sit-in was a violation. In fact, the resolution denies students the right to undertake any action the University...