Word: diplomatic
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First, the CRR exists for just the opposite reason--to enforce the rights to free speech and movement at the University, which those involved in the Lowell House blockade clearly did not allow South African diplomat Abe Hopenstein. In addition, the committee was created as a special body to hear more complicated cases in which political dissent may constitute a reasonable extenuating circumstance to pardon conduct that the Administrative Board--the College's traditional disciplinary body--normally would punish...
...Faculty Council last week reactivated the CRR to hear the cases of students involved in two recent antiapartheid protests; the April 24 occupation of the 17 Quincy St. headquarters of Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation, and the May 2 blockade of a South African diplomat in the Lowell House room where he was speaking...
...with a large majority." One U.S. participant in the talks said, however, that "nothing" new was brought up in the discussions, mainly because the two leaders wanted to get Bitburg behind them before moving on to other business. U.S. officials calculated the upside in another way. Said one American diplomat: "In a nutshell, Kohl really owes us one, and Germans on the official level know that...
There was disagreement over whether Bitburg had hurt the alliance as a whole. Said one U.S. diplomat: "Not only have we not achieved a symbol of reconciliation, but we've cast doubt on something that everyone had counted on for years as a firm friendship." Others were not so sure about the long-range effects. Said a Kohl aide: "We still need each other." One consequence is almost sure to linger, a politically weakened Kohl. Admitted this official: "There will be some wonder over whether this Chancellor is really such a good crisis manager...
DIED. Milton Eisenhower, 85, educator, diplomat and valued adviser to six Pres- idents, including his brother Dwight; in Baltimore. The youngest of seven brothers, Milton worked for the Agriculture Department through the Depression years; during World War II he was a top Roosevelt troubleshooter for refugee and relief problems in North Africa, before leaving Government in 1943. He then held three college presidencies: at his alma mater, Kansas State, until 1950; at Pennsylvania State (1950-56); and at Johns Hopkins (1956-67 and 1971-72). The genial, judicious administrator also held several part-time Government posts, among them Special Ambassador...