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Berman said rising costs for journals and books were outpacing the University’s income, forcing cuts at the libraries. But she said decisions on whether to allocate funds to journals or employees, while included in the final University-wide budget, did not fall under her purview...
What is it about the postwar period that keeps pulling us back? Peace and prosperity may not have been the purview of that era alone--the '90s' bubble was good while it lasted--but the '50s hold a special place in America's collective imagination. At what other time in history did Hershey bars and nylon stockings--both in short supply during World War II--wield such transformative powers? The optimism was eventually shattered by the disillusionment of Vietnam and Watergate, but for a brief period America was the land of possibility...
...meeting last night, the City Council narrowly approved an order to explore—and possibly move toward legislation—shifting mayoral elections from the purview of the nine councillors into the hands of Cambridge voters...
...Buell’s eloquent prose neatly proves his own point. One tricky task for those serving on the curricular review’s Working Group on Pedagogy under Jones Professor of American Studies Lizabeth Cohen and Cabot Professor of Biology Richard M. Losick, under whose purview this issue falls, will be finding a way to spread that philosophy throughout the College. It is easy to recognize that style and substance are intertwined; it is far harder to think of a way to force professors and TFs to drive home the message. After all, it is terrifying to think...
While DeBergalis offers a vision of pizza joints open at 3 a.m. and better late-night transportation options, he has few concrete proposals as to how the council can make it happen—and neither issue falls under traditional council purview...