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Nonetheless, when it came down to it, the debate was about something not so complicated at all: on whose side Harvard College would ultimately stand--to whom we would give the benefit of the doubt. Would we side with the UFW and students concerned about labor issues, agreeing to forgo grapes on the likely premise that worker conditions had not yet improved sufficiently in California's fields? Or would we subscribe to the Coalition's claims that grape-pickers were doing just fine and, assuming the protesters were misguided reactionaries, demand our grapes...
Tonight's event--a holiday party featuring card, bow and gift-wrap making, as well as collections to benefit Toys for Tots and Rosie's Place--is sponsored by the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association and Boston Recent Graduates. It will be held in the Cronkhite Living Room at 3 Ash St., from...
Echoing Rosen's desire to make Hillel a more welcoming place, Steigman said he was "real excited to begin...making Hillel more accessible to those who want to benefit from...
...meet than for anyone else. That is because they already have--through various accidents of history and politics--a big head start. The collapse of East Germany in 1990 forced many inefficient, pollution-belching factories and power plants out of business, cutting Europe's emissions as a side benefit. Similarly, when Margaret Thatcher broke the British coal miners' unions in 1985, Britain was able to switch to cleaner-burning natural gas. France, for its part, never had much coal and is heavily reliant on nuclear power today. With relatively powerful Green parties and citizenries that tend to care about these...
...view their would-be saviors as manipulative "puppeteers", reports the New York Times. Editorials in several South Korean newspapers have been calling the conditions attached to the aid "disconcerting," with one noting that, "It is not wise for our friendly relations to use such a crisis situation for selfish benefit...