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...Pago Pago that Somerset Maugham set his famous confrontation between the missionary and Sadie Thompson. Or that discussions of Samoa's moral -- and cultural -- identity continue as heatedly as the much publicized debate between Margaret Mead's classic vision of pastoral innocence (Coming of Age in Samoa) and Derek Freeman's revisionist account of violence and rape (Margaret Mead and Samoa -- The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth). "Being bilingual and bicultural doesn't mean you have to be schizophrenic," says Bernie Oordt, who taught at a local high school for twelve years. "As long as you have...
THREE years ago, it was revealed that President Derek C. Bok had himself written a letter signed by the head of the Board of Overseers asking all alumni to vote for the official slate of candidates for the Board, though Bok had initially denied any involvement in the matter. His involvement drew intense criticism, as observers considered it highly inappropriate for Harvard officials to take sides in the election of a body chosen by all alumni to oversee the management of the University...
...Freshman Derek Horner placed third in the 100 meters (10.84) and 200 meters (22.06). The 4x100 relay team's fourth-place finish in 42.31 was the highest Harvard placed in any other event...
...search for a director to replace acting head Shirley Williams, a prominent British politician, comes in the midst of an ongoing debate at the school over the role of practical versus theoretical approaches to teaching public policy. President Derek C. Bok has even gotten involved in the discussion; his recently released annual report insisted that the school re-forge its links to traditional scholarship...
...Assistant Professor of English Allen H. Reddick, discussing a meeting between the English Department's junior faculty, President Derek C. Bok and Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence...