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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LEFTISTS and rightists at Harvard share a tendency to reject all activist militance as empty militance. Conservatives predictably reject nearly all student activism as overblown. Leftists themselves are also to blame, though, for rejecting innovative options. Reluctant to appear too radical, activists here rarely deviate from the norm of University...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: A Defense of COCA's "Shock Activism" | 11/28/1989 | See Source »

It is understandable that some students have been frightened or upset by COCA's recent tactics. But their fear and anger should not be ultimately directed at COCA. Rather, we should be broad-sighted enough to realize that the real terror resides not in COCA's actions but in the...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: A Defense of COCA's "Shock Activism" | 11/28/1989 | See Source »

Mitsubishi Estate Co.'s purchase of controlling interest in the Rockefeller Group last month set off even more worrisome reports. JAPANESE BUY HEART OF N.Y., declared the Dallas Times Herald. "The roll call of all-American icons falling into foreigners' hands added a new name yesterday," reported Newsday. "When the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Yellow-Peril Journalism | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Perhaps most troubling is that Japanese direct investment in the U.S. is not only three times America's investment in Japan but is also growing at a remarkable pace. According to figures compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, Japan's direct investment (ownership of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Yellow-Peril Journalism | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Dismaying though the financial trends concerning Japan may be, economics alone cannot explain the current media attitude any more than the immigration levels of the early 1900s could explain the Nippon hysteria of those years. But modern-day Japan is hardly a suitable candidate for press pity. American reporters have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Yellow-Peril Journalism | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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