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Since I am an alumnus I feel Justified in saying that the Reverend Jackson, as a guest of Harvard, showed poor faste from the text of his prepared sermon (source: UPI dispatch 1/10/83 to castigate Harvard for its investments in South Africa. It would have been enough if, in one sentence he had simply deplored the existence of the investments. Instead, he indulged himself, in a three minute diatribe of shrill overkill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jackson's Visit: Sins of Omission | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...past, Harvard and Jackson have clashed over various issues. During his campaign. Jackson claimed that his daughter had been treated unfairly during an admissions interview with an alumnus...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: Jesse Jackson to Participate in King's Birthday Service Tuesday | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

Boston Bishop Bernard F. Law '55 is named cardinal, making him the first Adams House alumnus to achieve this honor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year After | 1/8/1985 | See Source »

Tell me, children, what did you get for Christmas? And the answer came in a choral blast that has rocked 2,006 moviehouses: Eddie Murphy! The 23-year-old alumnus of Saturday Night Live, whose first feature film (48 HRS.) was released just two years ago, is Hollywood's uncontested box-office champ. Beverly Hills Cop, a defiantly ordinary action picture that Murphy ignites with his urchin charm, is by far the runaway hit of this holiday season. In its first 23 days Cop earned $64.5 million--more than the combined take of its three closest competitors (Dune, City Heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Street-Smart Cop, Box-Office Champ Eddie Murphy | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Mondale has run a disgraceful, Munder-riddled campaign for the presidency, without proposing any substantive alternatives to the problems he perceives in the Reagan Administration. Mondale squandered a whopping lead in the polis to an obscure, alumnus of Yale, who ultimately captured more state primaries. He did not seal the nomination until the final hour of the primary season, and them only by the packing the convention with hundreds of unelected delegates. Then he stunned his party by appointing Bert Lance as his campaign chairman. To top it all off, Mondale vowed to raise taxes...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Reagan: The Importance Of Strong Leadership | 10/26/1984 | See Source »

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