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...would like to applaud the editorial entitled "South Africa: Intensive Dialogue Can Work" in the Crimson. The opinion highlights the essential point in asserting that the Harvard Corporation should not divest of all its holdings in portfolio companies in South Africa. The "intensive dialogue" is real, not a whitewash. Harvard is clearly acting in good faith to its commitment to promote reform in the Aparthied state by recently divesting of a company failing to follow the Sullivan and Tutu Principles, Harvard has had a positive influence by keeping its hand in the situation by not turning is back...
...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we, all like to be called assistants" net "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "xian myth...
...applaud the Pope for reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church's stance on contraception [RELIGION, Dec. 3]. I chastise those who adopt the "cafeteria Catholic" attitude of choosing the beliefs that satisfy their secular and hedonistic desires. No one said that being a Catholic would be easy...
...attack. Said Hooks: "The black community has heard the conservative gospel and rejected it." Pendleton also drew fire from Republican Francis Guess, a commission member and Tennessee's commissioner of labor. "The Jonestown analogy was disgusting." said Guess. "And I would be surprised if the President would applaud...
...court is Paul Simon who, admittedly, looks more like a college professor than a politician. Complete with floppy ears, dark rimmed glasses and signature bow tie, Simon has authored nine books, the most recent of which examines morally and politics. If Simon's record offered little to applaud, one might be tempted to leave him in his library. But during his 10 years in Congress, Simon has passed more legislation than most of his colleagues and has consistently advocated worthy causes. In the most recent session, Simon sponsored the Missing Children's Act of 1984, which has established a national...