Word: accepting
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...finalized at the September 29 meeting between Harvard, Yale and Princeton in New Haven and the plan should be implemented for the next year's incoming class. Both the consortium and the plan to exchange names should eventually be extended to a nation-wide scale. The GSAS should accept its part of the blame for past failures, as should the department charimen. President Bok's proposal seems a worthy one, and these groups should work with other graduate schools to improve a minority recruiting performance that has in the past been nothing more than pathetic...
Most Jews at Harvard are very loyal to the university and they find it difficult to admit that fair Harvard, which gives them so much, is not willing to accept them as Jews. Instead, many argue for the preservation of the status quo. But this constitutes a sanctification of Harvard's history including its errors. It would seem to me that loyalty to Harvard, an institution dedicated to "Veritas," should lead us rather to an impartial, critical attitude so that we may make it a better institution for all people...
...startled to read the story of the "lucrative deals between the Mafia and Teamsters" [Aug. 18]. Do the American people really accept the influence of organized crime in their society so complacently...
...Jerusalem and Damascus seem unavoidable nonetheless. The mandate for United Nations peace-keeping forces on the Golan expires Nov. 30, and if their stay is not extended, the possibility of hostilities will increase sharply. Assad, who is clearly keeping a negotiating door open, has indicated that he will not accept a limited Israeli withdrawal. Although he is anxious for an agreement, Assad obviously is taking a hard line to prevent Arab radicals from accusing him of appeasement. Rabin says that while Israel is willing to move back considerably from its present Golan lines, it will insist that strategically important Mount...
...estimated $35 million would be spent to house all the survivors of Lice in similarly quake-proof homes. The U.S. was expected to offer help, but the Turks, still angered by Congress's halt of arms sales and military aid following the Cyprus conflict, were reportedly reluctant to accept American assistance...