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Anyone closely observing the state Democratic Convention in Springfield three weeks ago would understand why Harvard appointed Jim King. The platform elevated in front of the civic center arena held a limited number of seats, mostly reserved for candidates and their entourage and for big-wigs in the party. But one seat was reserved for King, who--at the request of state party chairman Chester G. Atkins--was floor manager for the weekend. King's official duties for the weekend involved mostly designing the physical layout and taking care of minor crises, such as credentials shortages...
...grand gathering at the Springfield Civic Center was designed to bolster the supposedly disintegrating state Democratic organization. Determining whether it has succeeded will have to wait until next November, when it will become clear whether the party can unify behind the winner of what promises to be a rather bloody primary. In the short term at least, it gave the politicians a chance to politic, the analysts a chance to analyze. Most of all, the convention provided an interesting, behind-the-scenes look at the differences--ideological and personal--in the party...
...appears incongruous that Bok, who is so attached to certain liberal civic values in Beyond the Ivory Tower, ignores a precept of John Locke's that preceded the felicific calculus of utilitarian theory: consent. Consent is signified by the things we say or do and suggests a commitment. When a corporate institution invests or accepts donations, it acts; it commits itself; and it confers legitimacy on the object of its enterprise. Viewed in this light, "neutrality"--even of the strictly defined type--becomes a facade for vested interests. If Harvard were to balance its arguably defensible investments or gifts with...
...agree on much of anything concerning Cambridge city politics. In fact, the two men have become symbolic of the diametrically opposed poles of opinion that now dominate debates over the honest political issue in the city: housing policy. But City Councilor Sullivan, a leading member of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association, and attorney Walsh, who claims to have represented 1000 or more landlords during the last 13 years, probably come closest to agreeing when they talk about the procedures of the Cambridge Rent Control Board, a quasi-judicial agency which administers many of the city's housing codes, including...
...more than 3000 delegates gathering at the Civic Center will vote to endorse candidates for all the statewide offices, including senator, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor. Aspirants for all offices have mounted drives to push for delegate support--even Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54, who is facing minor opposition in his bid for re-election, has joined the fray...