Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead he argues that a vote, which would not be binding on the Corporation, is not the correct means of dialogue between two groups responsible for guiding Harvard. "In my judgement, a vote of yes or no on divestment will neither promote dialogues and an effort to reach and understanding between the two boards, nor reflect the complexities of the investment policy question," he says...
Even if Wandell is correct, and professors at other universities are placing more emphasis on theory, Harvard professors say that such a move would be inappropriate for undergraduates...
...Commissioner Lawrence Gibbs admits to some problems with tax collection but opposes the bill on the ground that the agency can correct any abuses internally. He points out that some of the measures in the proposed law, like the call for clear publications listing taxpayers' rights, have already been adopted. Pryor praises Gibbs for his efforts but says internal reform of the IRS can go only so far: "Gibbs has the same problem as Gorbachev. He is fighting with his own entrenched bureaucracy that is reluctant to give up power...
...racist to say that Jackson is not qualified to be President. But it is certainly not racist, just factually correct, to point out that he has never held any elective office. It is also not racist to remember that Jackson's Operation PUSH--an organization which seeks to advance minority businesses--has been the subject of government inquiries and been charged with mismanagement of federal funds. If Jackson has had such problems managing PUSH's budget, how does he plans to handle the federal budget...
...proposal of "honoring Confederates" in Memorial Hall (March 21, 1988), your writer, Mr. Troyer, cites "a proposal by an emeritus professor to add the names of Harvard's Confederate dead to the celebrated transept at Memorial Hall." As the emeritus professor whom Mr. Troyer consulted, let me correct him by saying that I have never urged commemorating the Harvard Confederate dead in the transept, properly consecrated to Harvard's Union dead. If, as was done in the Memorial Church for Harvard's German dead in World Wars I and II, the names of some 64 Harvard men who died...