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...wake of Spring 1980 requests--recommended the creation of a "foundation" for race relations, to be supported by outside donors. Although Bok voiced some support for the idea, many Faculty members seemed skeptical, saying that current resources were adequate for improving race relations and that the proposed institution might disturb the role of the Houses. The proposal has come to rest at the doorstep of the Faculty Council, which has had but not discussed it since mid-March...
...triangle, on the other hand, is bordered by three University houses and the IAB. This patch of dirt that the University annually prunes to golf course lushness (just in time for the alumni's June arrival) would be an ideal place for such a concert: any excess noise would disturb only Harvard students. Other possible sites, the river bank next to Weld boat house, or Soldiers' Field Park, appear not to have even been considered. By allowing the concert to be held at one of these sites, the University would neatly avoid another potential confrontation...
Sacrificing the opportunity to reclaim their title should not disturb the batswomen, who are planning to make a run for the red Ivy League championship this season. At the tournament last year, the Crimson finished an overall fourth behind Yale, Brown and Penn, the only varsity softball squads in the Ivies at the time...
This genetic engineering, with its adenine, cytosine, Hybridomas and lambda phage, thymine and guanine-Why disturb my microbial balance, or give orders to my cells To duplicate and replicate whatever biotechnology tells...
What makes Coluche's move into politics viable at all is that the comedian has focused on problems that do disturb ordinary French voters. Unemployment has reached a near record 6.3%; the inflation rate is 13.5%. President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is expected to defeat his most serious opponent, only because his opposition on the left is so divided. Coluche is filling a void. More than 200 Coluche-for-President committees have sprung up across France, and he is confident that he will get the 500 signatures of elected local officials he needs to be placed...