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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moral philosophy is like the old," Walzer said. He added that, "moral philosophy is an attempt to find ways to refine our moral ideas...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Antidiscommunitarianism | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

Syed Nesar Ahmad, the husband of a Harvard assistant professor, was among the victims of Friday's bloody hijacking attempt in Pakistan, University officials announced yesterday...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: B-School Professor's Husband Killed; Sociologist Slain in Recent Hijacking | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...looming over the celebration was the troubled state of the world. Perhaps in a deliberate attempt to assauge the worries of the gathered guests, the keynote speakers used the occasion to create a common rhetoric of hope and inspiration to bathe the wounds of the troubled university, nation and world...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Harvard at 300: Bathing the Wounds of a University's Troubled World | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

What the Bok manifesto will be, however, is a "stimulus for thought" and an attempt to "clarify the issues" concerning CIA-backed academic research...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: THE BOK PRESIDENCY | 9/6/1986 | See Source »

...attempt to incorporate Western ideology while retaining a sense of national identity will confront the world's largest nation in the upcoming years, the panelists concluded at the symposium "Contemporary China: Intellectual and Literary Issues...

Author: By Evan J. Mandery, | Title: The Threshhold of a New Beginning | 9/5/1986 | See Source »

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