Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argument might make more immediate sense if there were many left-wing appointments he could turn to as examples of the University's open-minded, non-political approach to academic appointments. We wonder who on the Harvard faculty he will defend from the next Joseph McCarthy. Although political considerations should at most be one of many criteria for academic appointments, the University has a responsibility to the students it educates to offer them many different political viewpoints in each discipline. The Economics Department already has many professors well-qualified to teach Harberger's efficiency-first brand of economics. The "academic...
...nominating Harberger to head HIID falls apart on a much more obvious point. Whatever the arguments, pro or con, about academic freedom, the directorship of HIID is not an academic appointment. The HIID directly affects government policies in Third World nations; its work is unavoidably political. Bok could never defend appointing a Nazi to head HIID. Yet he persists in defending Harberger, who, though no Nazi, admits his economic policies work best under "strong governments"--which in practice has meant repressive military dictatorships. It's hard to believe such issues are mere academics...
...victory was one of the most breathtaking upsets, not only in Olympic history but in the entire history of sports." He ringingly renewed his support of Israel at a conference of the United Jewish Appeal, saying: "We will continue to provide sufficient aid to Israel to enable it to defend itself against any possible adversary." He dined with 38 Governors in the East Room, reminding them that he is the first former Governor since Franklin Roosevelt to reach the presidency. The Rose Garden strategy is working just fine, and Carter has no intention of changing...
...sometimes it's easier to puzzle out how the rebels are faring in the hills of Afghanistan than to divine Carter's rationale for sending 19- and 20-year-olds to their local post-office windows. His proposal comes under the umbrella of the "Carter doctrine," his promise to defend the Persian Gulf by--gasp--any means necessary. A year ago, his administration rejected a return to draft registration; the Pentagon had much more confidence in the volunteer army than Congressional critics looking for something to criticize. Today the White House says, "Recent events have shown us that more dramatic...
Under the guise of showing Brezhnev our fists clenched in anger over Afghanistan and our readiness to defend the emirates and kingdoms of the Persian Gulf, Carter has proposed reviving draft registration. He's just not mentioning over national television that the real purpose of that draft would be to fight a conventional World War III in Europe...