Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Edmund Goodhue '68, an alumnus interested in art who talked with Slive about the offer, said yesterday, "I think Slive was correct in not getting Harvard involved." Goodhue said the offer to Harvard may have been used as a "political crowbar" in the negotiations with New York, where the sculpture has met community resistance...
Dean Fox is right to call Houses that are largely representative of the College "a wonderful goal." The Admissions Department's active consideration of diversity reflects Harvard's correct belief that contact with students from different backgrounds is a cornerstone of a balanced education. Many of the racial tensions that have occasionally flared up on this campus might not have occurred had the House system encouraged more interracial contact. And the 1600 graduates that Harvard sends into the real world every June could lay far better claim to being more than sheltered rich kids. The notion of "separate but equal...
...Third World remains mute on Poland. The Catholic Church sidesteps the repression and detention with vague symbolic rhetoric. Europe dares not speak for fear of offending the Soviets. Napoleon was correct when he declared that morality belongs to the country with the largest artillery...
...necessary reopening of an old controversy. Congress clearly forbade any Government sanction of, or support for, racial bias in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In 1970 the IRS applied the policy by withholding tax breaks to discriminatory schools, and the Supreme Court later ruled that this was a correct reading of the law and the Constitution. Argues a civil rights advocate within the Administration: "To attempt again to get Congress to speak on every issue of discrimination is an attempt to destroy the progress made...
Arguing against conscription is more difficult than illustrating the pointlessness of registration. The draft would accomplish several worthy goals. By forcing educated, white males from middle-and upper-class backgrounds into uniform, the government could begin to correct the over-representation of minorities and the poor now serving in the military. Badly depleted reserve divisions could be replenished, improving the country's capacity to respond to a genuine foreign threat. And in theory, it could be done equitably, unlike previous drafts. Various legislations have proposed universal service programs: no exemptions, short terms of active duty, and alternative non-military options...