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...disastrous effect, as became clear last spring. Though the number of Black students accepted had been comparable to past years, the number who actually came here dipped dramatically; virtually all observers agreed that large numbers of needy students had gone elsewhere because Harvard's aid awards were too stringent. A survey of students who turned Harvard down confirmed the impressions: 45 percent of all students and 62 percent of Black students said financial reasons figured in their decision; 21 percent of all students and 41 percent of Blacks called it the primary factor. And besides the immediate "loss of desirable...
...guts to go through with." Still, it would be wrong to assume Weinstein's comedy is an all-out assault on taste. The philosophy major also plays trumpet for the marching band and does an occasional stand-up comedy routine that would probably get by even the most stringent censors...
...industrywide sales have slumped, automakers have redoubled efforts to pare overhead costs. Corporate staffs have been reduced, inefficient plants closed, and new manufacturing methods introduced. By far the most stringent cost-cutter is Chrysler, which has cut its work force from 157,958 to about 75,000 since 1978 as its annual sales have dropped from 1.1 million to 730,000. The result: after four years of losses and near-bankruptcy in 1979, the company made $258.6 million during the first six months of 1982, and could wind up in the black for the entire year. Even so, Chrysler...
Several students interviewed yesterday cited as a problem what they see as a wide disparity between stringent requirements for honors concentrators and mild requirements for non-honors concentrators...
...proposals designed to restore Mexico's ability to pay off its debt in the future: $5 billion in credits from the International Monetary Fund and a $10 billion moratorium on debt repayments to major private banks. Both of these key provisions are contingent upon Mexico's acceptance of a stringent IMF "economic adjustment" program...