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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This need not be the case and is no doubt attributable to the co-optation of the anti-abortion position by a fundamentalist fringe. Their wellintentioned arguments--couched in terms of Jesus and the Bible--do more harm than good when it comes to persuading Americans why abortion is the unjust policy, which it really is. As the prominent social theorists Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno argued, even the best-intentioned reformer who uses anachronistic arguments--and the fundamentalist language is surely anachronistic and non-persuasive for most Americans--"strengthens the very power of the established order he is trying...

Author: By Bill Tsingos, | Title: A Liberal Objection to Abortion | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Stacie Marinelli is co-chair of the Committee to Defeat Proposition...

Author: By Stacie Marinelli, | Title: A Crippling Blow to Rent Control | 3/11/1989 | See Source »

Lewis completed his first LBO in 1984, acquiring McCall Pattern Co. and selling it three years later for a 9000 percent profit. One month later, he managed the largest internatinal LBO in history, putting up $985 million for Beatrice International...

Author: By Darshak M. Sanghavi, | Title: Wall St. Investor Defends Use of Leveraged Buyouts | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...more blatant example took place at the beginning of the year, when Asian-American organizations from Harvard and Wellesley co-sponsored a Blind Date Banquet, pairing students from each school for an evening of dinner and dancing. Although the banquet was open to members of all groups, few non-Asian students participated. The result was that the event became just another retreat from normal, integrated activity...

Author: By Albert Y. Hsia, | Title: Minority Group Self-Segregation | 3/9/1989 | See Source »

Although Chao and Lai did not win the co-presidency, their proposals give a taste of the spirit which drives many of our minority organizations. While minority groups at other colleges collectively and effectively combat racism and insensitivity, Harvard's minority groups are busy match-making and planning long nights of Pictionary...

Author: By Albert Y. Hsia, | Title: Minority Group Self-Segregation | 3/9/1989 | See Source »

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