Word: cohen
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...Crimson held a discussion last week on the merits of the Grenada intervention with Eliot Cohen assistant professor of Government who teaches a course on the Introduction to Military Politics and Orlando Patterson, professor of Sociology, who teaches a course in Culture. Social Structure, and Underdevelopment in the Caribbean. Crimson reporter Lavea Brachman moderated the discussion...
...Cohen:No, there's absolutely no comparison whatsoever between the U.S. invasion of Grenada and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan First there's such a discrepancy in size that it is ludious. Secondly, when the Soviets entered Afghanistan hundreds of thousands of refugees field the country, civilians were gassed villages were destroyed and the whole population has been obliterated. There was an enormous amount of cruelty. By contrast with the U.S. invasion of Grenada. I don't think we're going to be there for very long. [The Soviets] are still in Afghanistan. We're going to be leaving behind...
...strongest fields at HGSE. Within the larger realm of social policy, increasing numbers of our colleagues have turned that attention to issues related to schools. During this year Professor Sara Lawrence Lightfoot has completed her study of "portraiture," six ethnographic studies of high schools. Professor David K. Cohen is completing a study of fifteen high schools as part of former dean Theodore Sizer's study of secondary education. Professor Anthony Bryk has worked with a group of students investigating the influence and consequences of Roman Catholic parochial schooling upon children...
...disclosure caused a storm of protest. Geula Cohen of the Tehiya Party, a coalition member, said the next logical step was to put Abraham Lincoln's picture on the shekel. Other members described the "dollarization" plan as a blow to Israel's sovereignty that would make the country in effect the U.S.'s 51st state. Within hours, Aridor offered his resignation...
...felt awkward at first, as if I shouldn't say anything because I was chair," said Cohen. But he said that he now believes the broad scope of the committee, whose functions include dispensing grants to student groups and the publication of a weekly newsletter, make it too big a job for one person. "In hindsight, it was a good idea," Cohen said...