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...cultural group than a political one, several Black leaders say. These groups appear less threatening since Black students, "can join without buying an ideology," says Gomes. A member of Diaspora agrees, saying, "We don't tell anyone they're politically incorrect" In addition, these more conservative--and often more affluent--Black students have formed new types of groups such as the Percy C. Julian Society, a Black pre-med support group, and intercollegiate Black fraternities and sororities. By the late 1970s, Gomes explains, "diversity within the Black community meant that not everyone thought they had to take a loyalty oath...
...think we are paying him what he is worth," says Corporation member Hugh Calkins '45. "But people don't take the presidency of Harvard University with the goal of getting a large salary.' Bok, in fact, has a certain amount of independent wealth, as the scion of an affluent Philadelphia family...
...industry first began blooming in the mid-'70s, when the young and affluent discovered tennis. Soon thereafter came jogging, aerobics and other fitness fads. No conclusive medical evidence has yet proved that exercise alone prolongs life, but that does not seem to bother those out there sweating. They maintain that they look better and feel better; maybe so, but they do keep pushing up sales of everything from running shoes to joggers' wristwatches as they puff along...
...through mid-1988 and reduction of the total staff from 950 to 910, mostly through attrition. But to return the paper to profitability, Maynard says, he must boost classified advertising, take advantage of the renaissance of Oakland's business district and fatten circulation in the city's affluent white suburbs, which supply 142,000 readers to the cross-bay San Francisco papers, the Chronicle and the Examiner...
...tend to think we're going to have to gear our admissions policy towards letting less affluent students know that financial aid is available," said Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenburg...