Word: brundtland
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...departed classes almost certainly could have invented a clever rationale with an alacrity which defied Mr. Gore's apparent inoffensiveness, and brought a slew of letters, banners, and other accoutrements to bear soon after. After all, these were the same stalwarts who found problems with Gro Harlem Brundtland, the Prime Minister of Norway; lesser minds would have passed over that name with a yawn, but the past masters came up with an issue for each ideological wing--the right assailing her support of abortion, the left her country's less-than-Jane-Fonda-like appetite for whale products...
...same time, it is important to have a diversity of voices, conservative and liberal alike, at Harvard. And the questions Mansfield raised are worth discussing. As for the choice of Commencement speaker, Mansfield cited three recent speakers--Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Philippine president Corazon Aquino and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson. "They were three women, three liberals and three mediocrities," he said, suggesting that because of her conservativism, Margaret Thatcher might have been overlooked...
...same time, it is important to have a diversity of voices, conservative and liberal alike, at Harvard. And the questions Mansfield raised are worth discussing. As for the choice of Commencement speaker, Mansfield cited three recent speakers--Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Philippine president Corazon Aquino and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson. "They were three women, three liberals and three mediocrities," he said, suggesting that because of her conservativism, Margaret Thatcher might have been overlooked...
...They were three women, three liberals and three mediocrities," Mansfield said. Three recent Commencement speakers--Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Philipine President Corazon Aquino and former Irish President Mary R. Robinson--were thus summed up in a single, beautiful sentence. One can hardly argue with the fact that they are all liberal women, and a strong case can made for the charge of mediocrity. All are deserving of our admiration and respect, but it would be difficult to argue that Brundtland has made an indelible mark on the world...
RESIGNING. GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND, 57, Norway's first woman Prime Minister; in Oslo. The surprise announcement, a year before elections, fueled speculation that she may be preparing a bid to become Secretary-General of the United Nations...