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Lilian Uchtenhagen was refused a seat on the Swiss Federal Council not because she was a woman but in spite of it [Feb. 6]. For the conservatives in the Swiss Parliament, she was too much of a leftist socialist. They preferred a more moderate candidate, who happened to be male. The fact that Uchtenhagen is female made it more difficult for the conservatives to vote against...
...problem. Each year the members of the board of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club choose which shows will appear on the Mainstage. This fall, we saw Curse of the Starving Class and Yerma; scheduled for the spring teen are A Raisin in the Sun and Love's Comedy. In spite of how good each of these plays may be, and how worthwhile it may be to produce them, there is a problem with this schedule. It lacks the one thing Harvard prides itself on: diversity. The plays are certainly different, and yet, not different enough. There is not a single...
...scheduled for 1984, including one with a secret Pentagon payload. But Challenger had barely settled into orbit 190 miles above the earth on the tenth shuttle mission when space gremlins struck. A multimillion-dollar communications satellite, one of two carried on board, mysteriously vanished into the void. Still, in spite of the embarrassing loss, NASA hoped to redeem itself with another of its spectaculars. This week, for the first time, astronauts plan to take a true step into space, leaving the safety of the mother ship without so much as a frail wire to prevent them from drifting off toward...
...think that Mike would agree that be is being appointed not because to is an economist but if anything in spite of the fact that he is an economist," said...
Indeed, throughout the conference, in spite of his quick command of the issues and engaging smoothness. Spence seemed to be somewhat bemused over the whole situation--over having suddenly been thrust into the spotlight of one of the most prestigious jobs in academia...