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Solicitation for the new fund may cut into the ongoing drive for women's scholarships, but "the long-run gains of merger should outweigh the temporary benefits of separate funds," Sachs said. "We do not support the status quo; we do support complete merger...
...tried should be made into a national landmark. Displaying a touch of radical chic, the Park Service argued that the Sacco and Vanzetti trial had "crystallized the tensions of the 1920s," revealing, among other things, "hostility to radicals, antipathy to foreigners and a jealous protection of the status quo...
...Park Service officials quickly discovered, the status quo is alive and well in Massachusetts. State Superior Court Chief Justice Walter H. McLaughlin called the service's proposal "a smear upon the administration of justice in this Commonwealth." Norfolk County Commissioner James J. Collins cringed at the thought of comparing landmarks like Mount Vernon and Bunker Hill with the Sacco and Vanzetti courthouse, and argued that in their case "justice had been served as well as it could have been with a jury trial." The proposal has yet to be rejected outright, but the odds are that Sacco and Vanzetti...
...women's suffrage on principle. Because the suffragettes alone are serious, they seem to carry on a solitary battle; neither their one male friend, Keir Hardie (one of the original Labour M.P.'s) played by Peter Wright, nor their foes, the "gents" who praise Mom and embrace the status quo, can match the women in presence or dramatic potency. The men are not strong enough to illustrate Parliament's political treachery or the cruelty of the force-feeding by which they hoped to keep the imprisoned suffragettes from making their point, though the script insists that they...
...LAST MONTH Harvard has sought to tighten House security precautions in a manner reminiscent of the bureaucratic bungling that supposedly went out of vogue with the coming of Derek Bok. Not only has the University presumed the need for more security without examining the alternative of maintaining the status quo, but the security issue has also developed antagonisms between House Masters and the Administration over who has the responsibility--both planning and financial--for installing security precautions. Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president for Administration, blames the Masters for dragging their feet on security, but they unanimously counter that House budgets...