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This Walesa is depicted as a savior of unionism is an affront to every American worker and certainly to the millions of unemployed. Mary Ann F. McArdle
Harvard's complicity in apartheid has another dimension. Harvard's support for apartheid is an outrage in itself, the Corporation's refusal to divest represents an intolerable affront to the Harvard community. For six years, the Administration has ignored, co-opted, or defied every demand for divestment, in spite of an overwhelming student consensus against ties to South Africa...
...Montt credit for bringing a rare measure of honesty to the country's government, his brutal crackdown on insurgents has drawn deserved fire from the Catholic hierarchy. Some Catholic leaders saw his decision to proceed with the six executions on the eve of the papal visit as a deliberate affront to the Vatican. Warned the apostolic nuncio to Guatemala City: "The deplorable incident which took place so near to the projected visit of Pope John Paul II is considered by the Holy See as incredible for its possible grave repercussions at the world and national levels...
...looking for an opportunity to see their prose in print. Rape is a serious crime. That two Harvard Ph.D. candidates overlook this fact to have fun at a newspaper's expense--and at the expense of rape victims--is disheartening. That the editors of The Crimson should compound the affront with the famous headline, "Help Wanted?" is irresponsible. Michael C. Dorf...
...thousands in Guatemala--so much that he decided to bring a bit of the road show back to Washington. This week, Reagan met with the visiting President of Pakistan, Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, once more making it clear that his Administration will tolerate even the most heinous affront to human rights from foreign governments as long as they line up on the Right side of the political spectrum...