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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What is disturbing about Dines-Levi's appearance for Take Back the Night and the attendant discussion she prompted is the refusal to consider the social and political implications of advocating pornography's censorship. Inevitably, comparisons must be drawn about the similar tactics advocated by the censors of the Left...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Sexuality and Censorship | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Anyone who doubts that sheer gall knows no bounds should consider the case of former Vice President Spiro Agnew. In 1973 Agnew was forced to resign as Richard Nixon's Veep amid charges that while Governor of Maryland he accepted $147,500 in illegal kickbacks from highway contractors. Nine years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Agnew Agonistes | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

"In less than twenty years, the faculty has mounted an ambitious series of programs that have attracted more impressive students, reached out to more levels of government, and earned more appreciation from established practitioners than any sensible observer could have predicted when the effort began. One can also observe an...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annual Report Excerpts | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

JUST when you thought it was safe to consider the Undergraduate Council the sole forum for expressing undergraduate opinion, student leaders last week formed HUSO, the Harvard Union of Student Officers. The group is supporting the formation of a much-needed student center on campus. Unfortunately, HUSO's legitimacy as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Star Chamber | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

...become a major public issue, with Washington--Bush's place of residence--making headlines as the nation's murder capital. Bush balked on using the issue as an opportunity to make a public stand, and only issued his mediocre response--a temporary ban on some automatic weapons after considerable public uproar...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The Presidency That Wasn't | 4/12/1989 | See Source »

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