Word: environmentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It took the College committee on race relations almost two-and-a-half years to compile its 138-page report, the first in-depth examination of interracial contact in a college environment. The student-Faculty committee, chaired by Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, issued forth pages of recommendations...
Minority students say that this responsibility is more the College's than theirs. Students are not in a position, they say, where they can even hope to alter long-held racial attitues and create an environment in which members of the Harvard community can develop a mutual respect.
Rather, Chafin said the new facilities will offer "a clean, wholesome working environment."
...else in the U.S., the Interior Department is planning to open 1.3 million acres on the outer continental shelf to oil exploration. This is sure to set the stage for another classic confrontation between the conflicting needs of safeguarding the environment and extracting vital natural resources. As with most environmental issues, the battle over the coast pits those who would exploit it further against those who would stop fiddling altogether with the littoral and its complex system of wetlands and estuaries. The need for growth, which brings jobs, profits and tax revenues, often argues powerfully for development...
POLLUTION. Oil is the biggest offender, and not just in obvious ways like fouling beaches. Lobsters, for example, have a sweet tooth for the rich hydrocarbons they find in glops of oil off the New England coast. As oil spills and exploratory oil digs increase, some environmentalists fear that lobsters...