Word: brundtland
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...Harlem Brundtland, the prime minister of Norway, will be the featured speaker at Harvard's Commencement ceremonies this spring...
...Brundtland, a world leader on environmental matters, is expected to talk to the June 4 gathering of graduates about balancing economic growth and ecological well-being. She will come to Cambridge from an international Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
...person that's been thought about for a long time," said John P. Reardon Jr. '60, executive director of the Alumni Association. Reardon called Brundtland "a catalyst, a mover on environmental issues...
...early favorite Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, a veteran U.N. figure who had his eye on the job for 20 years, no one had enough votes to force a runoff. The four Europeans on the ballot, including the first woman to be considered, Norway's Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, trailed badly...
Although Gro Harlem Brundtland, the Labor Party leader and two-time Prime Minister who was forming a new government, has long kept mum on the E.C. question, she will have a tough time sidestepping it for much longer. Within the European Free Trade Association, to which Norway belongs, sentiment for joining the Community is accelerating fast. Last year Austria announced its intention to apply, and Sweden followed suit two weeks ago. Finland is seriously pondering the issue, and a pro-E.C. initiative is gaining ground in Switzerland, the most resolutely standoffish country in the EFTA. Although fears still...