Word: action
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bhutto--who is scheduled to arrive in Cambridge late tonight to deliver tomorrow's Commencement address--pledged that the "day of the dictator" in Pakistan was over and discussed with the President possible courses of action the U.S. and Pakistan could take to end the ongoing bloodshed in Afghanistan...
...weeks ago, as the Verba Report on Affirmative Action was produced and quickly accepted by President Bok, my view was that, at best, it represented a rather weak gesture in view of the paucity of African-American faculty at Harvard. Now, even the meager efforts implied in the Verba Report stand in jeopardy of being weakened by the faculty...
...However, in the case of hiring a fair number of Black faculty, there cannot be an analogous counter-argument suggesting that an immediate loss would accrue to the University in any regard--which makes the situation all the more puzzling. Some faculty have tried lamely to suggest that affirmative action breeds Black dependence upon whites, but this smacks of the same sort of disingenuous concern conservatives have manifested for "the suffering Blacks" within South Africa whenever divestment is mentioned...
Such tutors, said Dowling, will advise students involved in harassment incidents or general race relation issues. If the problems are serious enough, Dowling said, the tutors can refer the issues to the masters or senior tutors for more formal action...
Some have criticized Bush for wavering on a ban of semni-automatic weapons. Bush indeed banned the imports of semi-automatic weapons, and, while he has not followed suit on domestic production, his action set a standard which the rest of the nation has begun to follow. The California legislature has since passed a bill banning such weapons; 22 states have established waiting periods and background checks for potential gun buyers Soft on guns? Hardly, and certainly better than furloughs...