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...speech before the Soviet Union's Academyof Sciences, a Russian scholar, D.S. Likhachev,charged that library officials initially attemptedto conceal the extent of the damage by bringing ina bulldozer to clear debris quickly. "They triedto minimize the cultural losses in the most coarsefashion," he said...

Author: By Cynthia V. Hooper, | Title: Harvard Offers to Help Razed Leningrad Library | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...clear that Admiral Poindexter attemptedto deny the State Department, the DefenseDepartment and White House staff the informationnecessary to enable them to engage in a review,"he said. "With the exception of AdmiralPoindexter, every high-level U.S. official whotestified stated that Admiral Poindexter did nothave the authority to approve the diversion; thatthe diversion was improper and possibly illegaland that the president would not have approved ofthe diversion had he been consulted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iran-Contra Hearings Conclude | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

...That Harvard included in the official electionpacket a "blatantly biased letter" which attemptedto tamper with the democratic process. The lettersaid the "specific issue" campaigns wereinconsistent with the character of the 30-membergoverning board, which mainly concerns itself withreviewing academic programs and departments withinthe University...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Alumni Complaint With State Calls Overseer Election Illegal | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

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