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...ballyhoo the two-seater sports car they will introduce this month, Pontiac executives summoned the press to a sneak preview in a cavernous auto plant. At the climax of the meeting, officials did not show off the car. Instead, they unfurled a banner displaying the result of their hard work. FIERO, it said, revealing the auto's name, which is Italian for "proud." It was no small disclosure. Detroit carmakers spend millions of dollars each year dreaming up prospective auto names, and they risk much more when they finally choose...
...displaying increasingly overt interest in finding a diplomatic solution to the Central American dilemma. Last week, after elaborate planning, U.S. Special Envoy Richard Stone met secretly with Ruben Zamora, 40, a leader of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, which represents the five guerrilla organizations that are fighting under a joint banner in El Salvador. In the past, the U.S. had refused to deal directly with the Salvadoran guerrillas, arguing that to do so would undermine the legitimacy of the U.S.-supported government in El Salvador...
...Master was clearly briefed on the matter before our meeting, but he was shocked to know that I had enquired about the banner well before Commencement and that I had confronted the guard on his way down the stairs from the room where he had confiscated the banner...
...went back to Dean Epps immediately. He admitted responsibility for such matters. However, he laughed at my request for compensation. His argument was that if I went to his house and put up a banner he would throw it out and not pay compensation. There could hardly be a clearer statement about how Harvard looks upon revolutionary activity on campus...
...RADACADS (Radical Academics) vow to expose the ways of the Harvard Administration until the banner is paid for or returned. We call on others who have been harassed to contact us so that we may add to our forthcoming compilation of examples of political harassment. There will be a rapid escalation of exposure of the Harvard Administration in the coming months. Only in this way--not by the old idealist arguments for free speech--will revolutionary and progressive groups be relieved of a pattern of political repression. Henry C. Park '84 RADACADS spokesperson