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The announcement that a committee had been formed with the purpose of dissolving the department prompted tremendous opposition from both inside and outside Harvard. The department’s students formed the Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Linguists Society, and Knowles received letters from linguists across the country. One concentrator, Joel L...

Author: By David H. Gellis and Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: No Easy Task | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

Anyone who has seen a Japanese pop music show on TV knows what he means, but the condescending tone quickly becomes grating. And in fact there was something tragic about the Japanese attempts to be "civilized"; for the harder they tried, the more ridiculous they seemed in the eyes of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Japan Cares What You Think | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

The Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) claims the living wage movement is an effort to restore dignity to Harvard’s workers (News, “PSLM Occupies Mass. Hall,” April 18). Speaking from a modest, working-class background, I find their campaign inexcusably condescending. I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

As they reacted to Rudenstine's response last night, councillors called the letter "empty" and "condescending." They said the University, which enjoys tax-exempt status on its buildings, was not contributing a fair share to community programs. Currently, Harvard pays the city $1.6 million in in-lieu-of-tax payments...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan and Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: City Council Attacks Harvard For Boston Gift | 3/20/2001 | See Source »

As they reacted to Rudenstine's response last night, councillors called the letter "empty" and "condescending." They said the University, which enjoys tax-exempt status on its buildings, was not contributing a fair share to community programs. Currently, Harvard pays the city $1.6 million in in-lieu-of-tax payments...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan and Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Outrageous Outrage | 3/20/2001 | See Source »

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