Word: cannot
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AFFIRMATIVE action's greatest obstacle is not the Harvard administration per se, but the some members of the senior faculty. It's the faculty that proposes and gives preliminary approval to candidates for tenure. And it's members of that faculty who argue that the University cannot be beholden to outside political and ideological pressures, but must use only academic excellence as the basis of its tenure decisions...
Until the rent control board makes a fresh decision, development cannot proceed on that part of the site, which is slated to house a hotel complex...
...America must refuse to pay for an occupation which not only frustrates hopes of Palestinian nationalism, but also erodes Israeli democracy and encourages the growth of racism. For as long as Israel continues to deny fundamental rights to the non-Jewish population of the West Bank and Gaza, Americans cannot in good conscience claim that Israel is a democracy. Nor can we sit silently and continue to financially enable the human rights violations that America has so proudly attempted to eradicate the world over. This is the reasoning and the motivation behind Question...
Sadly, any perceived bias against Israel is a direct reflection of the need to change American policy which is currently biased in Israel's favor. Americans do not give Palestinians $3 billion in annual aid and therefore cannot cut it back. The Palestinians are not occupying another people's territory, and therefore cannot be encouraged to withdraw. Unfortunately, America has so firmly entrenched itself in the Israeli camp, that it has forfeited any political leverage with the Palestinians. The PLO is willing to negotiate with U.S. and Israeli representatives...
...Cambridge residents, too, are given away to Israel each year. As American citizens, we, the people of Cambridge, have not only the right to express our opinion about the misuse of our tax dollars--we also have that responsibility. It is true that Israel, as an independent country, cannot be forced to cease its human rights violations. However, let us not forget that America too is an independent country, and while we may not be able to put an end to Israel's brutality, we are certainly under no obligation to foot the bill...