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Wacker said he does not know how many students will request refunds under the new abortion policy. However, in an experimental policy covering abortions for University employees this summer, only about 50 out of 8000 people covered asked not to participate in the policy, he said...
Dean Rosovsky's move last week to sharpen the focus on teaching abilities in tenure decisions is laudable, if long overdue. His request that department chairmen include separate evaluations of teaching skills with ad hoc tenure recommendations suggests that perhaps teaching will become an important criterion for Harvard faculty. If teaching ability received as careful a scrutiny as research and publications in tenure decisions, the Harvard education--at least from the students' point of view--would improve immensely...
...CHUL subcommittee that examined the crowding situation in the Houses during the summer originally proposed a $300 penalty, but the Administrative Board reviewed the proposal at CHUL's request and reduced the fine to $150, Fox said. He added that the Ad Board felt it could "achieve the same end with a smaller fine...
Psychological Warfare. Peres and his supporters have jumped on the Yadlin scandal as proof of Rabin's poor judgment in making appointments. In the past, Peres and Rabin have openly disagreed over tactics and emphasis in such matters as the amount of military aid that Jerusalem should request from the U.S. (Peres wanted more than Rabin) and the disengagement with Egypt in the Sinai (Peres wanted greater concessions from Egypt in exchange for a pullback of Israeli forces). Following the recent riots in Hebron, in which both Arab civilians and Israeli soldiers were injured, Rabin publicly attacked Peres...
...issue flared hottest in the second television debate between the candidates. Then, Ford declared that he would direct the Commerce Department to make public the names of companies that "have participated" in the boycott. Companies are required to notify the Commerce Department of every boycott request they receive. But Ford's phrasing seemed to promise more than he had meant. The next day, the Administration had to back off. Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson announced he would release only those Arab requests made to U.S. companies after Oct. 6 -the day of the debate-since earlier reports had been made...