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Lissome, leggy, striking, Joan, 36, ought to be a visible asset to any campaign. On the hustings she does her part diligently. The last election, for Ted's re-election to the Senate in 1970, fought in the shadow of Chappaquiddick, was very clearly a strain on her; yet she gamely made the rounds of banquets and teas. Says Kathy Beatty, one of her closest friends: "I wondered for a while how she was going to get through those rough times, but she did it. That was when I felt she had moxie...
VANTAGE 10/90 FUND, the oldest and largest of the conscience funds, has grown from $135,000 in assets to $2,500,000 in three years. Its net asset value per share has increased 9% since 1969, while that of the mutual-fund industry as a whole has dropped 10%. Vantage allows its shareholders to specify how 10% to 15% of their capital is to be divided among companies active in three categories of social concern-the environment, the cities and hunger. The rest of the fund's assets are invested by its managers according to largely financial considerations...
Dudley House--Lehman Hall is the main asset of the Dudley House Drama Society and so far this year they are just co-sponsoring productions which need a place to perform. Last week the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Society staged a reading of Ten Best Martyrs of the Year; and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown may move to Lehman Hall after its run at the Loeb...
...consider the Harvard-Radcliffe House system a singular educational asset with great potential for complementing departmental education and for institutionalizing curricular innovation. House General Education courses and projects should be expanded to foster study of contemporary social issues and problems. These House seminars would complement the traditional conception of General Education derived from the Redbook, the idea of a historical smorgasbord of Western civilization, which is still valuable. Members of all faculties in the University and fellows from the research institutes should be enlisted and compensated to lead House courses. Some of the successful informal courses now being offered through...
...Immense Asset. Besides finessing Wilson, Heath's move considerably improved his image among British voters. According to the latest polls, fully 51% of Britons are still opposed to joining the Common Market, and only 32% are in favor. But the British are resigned to joining Europe, and 82% believe that membership is inevitable. By making the vote a free assertion of Parliament's collective will. Heath assured that the result would be accepted by the British people in a way that a decision achieved only by party discipline could never be. That could be a big asset when...