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...writing to express our deep concern regarding Harvard University's handling of the sexual harassment case brought against Jorge I. Dominguez, professor of Government, and to state our dismay at the University's public silence on this issue. As undergraduate students writing theses in Latin American studies, we speak only for ourselves, but we know that many students and faculty members privately echo our sentiments. Some are unwilling to speak out because of their sense of professional discretion; others are unable to speak publicly because of fear of reprisal...
Some students expressed dismay over the demise of the daily sandwich bar, however...
...dismay of most participants, during the hypothetical crisis the U.S. Energy Department did not move to control supplies or limit the price of oil. As a result, U.S. oil prices zoomed to a theoretical $98 per bbl., with gasoline priced at $2.83 per gal. As Wisconsin Energy Administrator Roy Christiansen recalls: "The Feds didn't seem to be concerned, or want to deal with it." During the game, Wisconsin energy officials telexed Washington: "We hope it will not take the economic collapse of one of these cities . . . before the Administration realizes that its [noninterventionist] policies have failed and must...
...dismay of West German and U.S. officials, the young wife's attitude is becoming commonplace. Weeks before the start of an expected "hot autumn" of major demonstrations against NATO's plan to begin deploying Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe by December, tensions are rising between peace activists and the 249,000 U.S. troops based in the country. Only last week West German police dismantled a "peace camp" outside the Mutlangen depot...
After his election, Kolvenbach quoted to friends a passage from St. Teresa of Avila: "Let nothing bother you, let nothing dismay you." He did not finish the quotation: "Everything passes ... Patience gains all... God alone is enough." A fitting motto, perhaps, as the Society of Jesus enters...