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They do indeed. Given the political popularity of minority set-asides, however, few in Washington seem to have the heart to examine the actual operation of the programs too closely. The last serious attempt to question the effects of special treatment for minority contractors was a controversial 1986 draft report prepared for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that charged that "the growth of set-asides has primarily benefited wealthier minority-group members, arguably the ones least in need of Government assistance." The report, which also assailed corruption in the programs, attracted a gale of criticism, was disowned...
...profit institution, the University does not have to show a profit on each purchase," says Sullivan, who is the executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commmission. "The fact that Harvard could buy a piece of property is much more important to them than the actual price...
...John McCloy (who will justifies the role he played in imprisoning 110,000 Japanese-Americans and in refusing to bomb the rail lines to Auschwitz). Among those whom Harvard has neglected (at least thus far) have been Anatoly Shcharansky, Nelson Mandela, and Elie Wiesel. Fifty years ago Harvard honored actual Nazi leaders. Today we dishonor their victims by selecting an apologist for a Nazi war criminal to receive one of our highest honors. Confucious condemns "honors acquired by unrighteousness...
Yesterday morning the court heard theprosecution's opening statements, which includedtestimony from Harvard Police Chief Paul E.Johnson and from several Cambridge police involvedin the Fogg protest. Although Cambridge policemade the actual arrests of protesters, Johnson wasalso considered to be an arresting officer...
BASED ON an actual romance, 84 Charing Cross Road is a different kind of love story. Its protagonists are not a man and a woman, but a man, a woman, and the books they revere. The title refers to the street address of a small London book shop--Marks and Co.--managed by the quietly unassuming Frank Dole (Anthony Hopkins) or, "F.P.D. for Marks and Co." as he is known to his mail-order customers...