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...This is unacceptable: although we recognize the inevitability of some type of Gen Ed revisions, ten areas constitute an unnecessarily excessive infringement on students' freedom of choice. Indeed, most members of the Harvard community were prepared to accept the verdict of the Faculty subcommittees. In light of the unexpectedly stringent requirements, however, many must now reconsider whether or not the Faculty is going too far. The idea of some required courses in a loose framework, as embodied by the Gen Ed principle, is desirable. But in terms of the degree of curtailment of students' choice students must accept, the Core...
...license are required to fill out an 83-page form, spelling out their personal backgrounds, business history and sources of financing. Then they must go through investigations lasting six to nine months. Only one application, from Resorts International, has been received thus far. The commission is also drawing up stringent regulations for casino operations, including an accounting system designed to prevent anyone from skimming off profits to evade taxes...
...Iowa City, voters rejected, 56% to 44%, a referendum issue that would have imposed stringent standards on landlords. The owners would have to keep their property in good shape and guarantee more rights to tenants, such as allowing them to put their rent in escrow until necessary repairs were made. The measure, which drew a record number of voters for an off-year election, had twice been rejected by the city council. The prime movers behind the unsuccessful drive were students at the University of Iowa, who live off campus and feel victimized by the owners of their dwellings...
...Administration's deal with the Soviets remain secret, and others are still under negotiation. But in private, senior officials have begun to lobby hard for SALT II. Says one: "It's a damn good agreement." Adds another: "This gives us the basis to go after more stringent controls in SALT III." Nonetheless, even if the intensive bargaining with Moscow does yield a treaty in the next few weeks, Carter and his arms-control team are going to need all their patience and persuasive skills to assure its ratification by two-thirds of the Senate...
Easier said than done: AMC has less capital than its competitors with which to develop new models and reduce the size of its cars in order to meet future stringent fuel-economy standards. But it did scrape up the money to bring out a new '78 model, the Concord. It is a luxury compact that, with options, sells for as much as $5,200?roughly comparable to the price of the fast-selling subcompacts, Honda's Accord and Volkswagen's Rabbit. Meyers believes AMC must now focus its sales push on the Concord to the maximum. He told TIME Correspondent...