Word: boykins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...phone interview this week, Boykin said that while he is dealing with some of the same issues he observed at Harvard, his perspective has changed...
...learned a lot from Harvard Law School... about power and politics and law and the interaction of the three, about how difficult it is to change even an enlightened, well-intentioned institution for the better," Boykin said. "Now I can see the perspective of the institution...
Despite his undergraduate journalism experience, Boykin said that he did not participate in journalism while at Harvard. "The problem I have with journalism is the same problem I have with law--I couldn't articulate my own ideas and political agenda," he said. "I felt like I had to be someone else's person all of the time...
...Clinton administration, though, he has been asked for his opinion on several issues--especially the issue of the ban on gays in the military. Boykin, who is gay, said he was at Clinton's Kennedy School speech during the presidential campaign last year when the candidate first raised the issue...
...meeting when he met with gay and lesbian leaders," Boykin said. "It's difficult turning any sort of campaign promise into workable legislation...but for me, it's been a fascinating experience watching the development of an idea...