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...people feel that the present lottery system, which has been statistically shown to lead to a certain degree of homogeneity within the different houses, is antithetical to Harvard's stated goal of providing a liberal education for its students. For them, the results of the poll will be virtually meaningless; they will press for a random lottery regardless, unless faced with the prospect of student insurrection. Their way of thinking, grounded in the paternalistic "we know what is best for you," also brought us the Core Curriculum...
...that Regan will not take kindly to any economic advice that runs counter to his own beliefs. He had, for example, disputed Budget Director David Stockman's gloomy economic estimates. Stockman, already long wounded by his confession to the Atlantic Monthly in 1981 that federal budget figures are a meaningless numbers game, had been expected to leave after this year's spending battles are resolved, and he will almost certainly go now that Regan is in a position to boss him around. While the recent vacancies at the White House conceivably could give United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick a shot...
...been accused by anyone of using her influence with her husband to further her own interests or that of her PR firms' clients. Nevertheless, even though no conflict of interest exists, Mrs. Deaver is somehow "wrong" to accept good pay for her public relations work. Moreover, the meaningless charge that she is "unqualified" for PR (should she have gone to PR school?) is similar to charges brought against Meese--that he is unworthy of the Attorney Generalship, not prepared for or knowledgeable enough about the job. Again, such allegations are made even though Meese is a lawyer and taught...
...suggesting that the Games would end in terrorism and ruin. Some said that the Los Angeles smog would choke the runners, that the extra traffic would bring the freeways to a fuming standstill, that the Soviet boycott would turn the Games into a * financial disaster and render them athletically meaningless. But nothing of the kind occurred...
Finally, while the general move to toughen and simplify the requirements is well-founded, it does not go far enough. Making a B-minus the ground-floor requirement for a cum laude degree is almost meaningless because the vast majority of grades in courses of Harvard are B-minus or better anyway. The Faculty would be well-advised to up the minimum average grade for an honors degree to at least a B. If should also be prepared to bend these grade requirements for those students who write exceptional senior theses, often the most significant academic experience in an undergraduate...