Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wake of the strike, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), in support of the Pittston union, have called on Stone and Harvard to take an active role in resolving the conflict. HUCTW has held two rallies at Harvard in support of their position...
What does this have to do with the average Harvard undergraduate? Practically nothing--and that's the problem with Gitell's prescriptions. Gitell compares the University's potential role in the War on Drugs with its cooperation in World War Two, but a better analogy might be Vietnam, another conflict directed by Harvard's "best and brightest." This is another war America can't win, but at least this time Harvard's faculty are a little more cautious about the prospects for victory...
...Although both the intent and conduct of the Harvard administrators who are involved in SAS have been entirely appropriate, they and I have recognized that there may be some potential for misunderstanding and the external appearance of possible conflict of interest...
...America attempts to understand its collective experiences with Vietnam the war has followed its veterans back home. In Country, a new film by Norman Jewison attempts to deal with the Vietnam War in this larger sense. Though a substantial body of recent films have attempted to examine the Vietnam conflict In Country is the first film to deal directly with the impact of the war on its survivors--the children family and friends of those who fought and died as well as the veterans themselves...
Willis does a wonderful job of portraying Emmett Smith the reclusive, cynical and alienated veteran of the Vietnam conflict. He brings a hard-edged intensity to an underwritten character who should have commanded more of In Country's focus. Richard Hamilton and Peggy Rea also lend a much needed sense of realism to the movie with their fine portrayals of Samantha's grandparents...