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...naive enough to contend that there is no racism at Harvard. Every so often, an ugly racist incident surfaces to disabuse us of that notion. Nevertheless, instances of genuine, hateful racism are exceedingly rare (I can think of three publicized cases during my four years) and are inevitably condemned from all quarters when they occur...
...contend that our response to "Stop the Church" was sound, thoughtful and responsible, and showed the greatest respect possible in the tradition of rational discourse which is deeply rooted in Roman Catholicism. Indeed, it is Lai who should reconsider the validity of his own claims to openness and freedom of expression when he defends that which we have spoken out against...
Under the 1986 law, any person in a policy-making position can be subject to mandatory retirement. And some contend that academics, because of their role in tenure decisions, fit that role...
Opponents, however, contend that major studies today receive intense independent scrutiny while they are under way, and thus the journal peer- review system may not be as necessary as before. Embargoing medical news until publication, they say, may actually put patients in greater jeopardy than allowing information to be released quickly. Though journal editors insist that the review process can be speeded up for urgent papers, they concede that sometimes an important report has gone unrecognized. For example, Yale University researchers sent a paper to the N.E.J.M. in October 1989 noting that patients with spinal-cord injuries who were treated...
...growing number of scientists contend that radon's dangers are overstated. They point out that the EPA bases its warnings primarily on studies of lung-cancer rates among uranium miners. Such workers toil for years in subterranean pits where radon concentrations are thousands of times as high as levels in homes. In some studies, it was not clear how much of the cancer was caused by radon, how much by smoking cigarettes and how much by a combination of the two: researchers believe that radon poses a higher risk for smokers...