Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficult even to conceive of what convinced the mainstage selection committee to lavish a coveted slot and budget on so ill-conceived a venture. And in viewing the results, one is reminded, sadly, of the mathematical axiom that zero, no matter how many times, multiplied, can never equal anything but zero. A typical verse from any of Maurice Sendak's clever, malicious little tours de force--take "Stir it once, stir it twice, stir it chicken soup with rice"--means virtually nothing, and therein lies its charm. Blow it up to the size of the Loeb mainstage, add reddish lights...
...ACSR, which advises Harvard on ethical issues concerning its portfolio, recommended nearly unanimously that Harvard use the Sullivan Principles, a set of equal-opportunity and fair-labor practices for U.S. firms operating in South Africa as the minimum standards for buying or holding stock in a company...
...Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky detailing the Council's position on harassment is a sensitive and substantive treatment of an issue which, in the months since it gained exposure last spring, has gradually become recognized as one of the most insidious problems facing women pursuing a Harvard education equal...
Finally the Corporation has for a year effectively ignored the ACSR's recommendation to divest from the Carnation company which for three years running has failed to meet the basic requirements of the Sullivan Principles a set of fair labor and equal opportunity guidelines for U.S. firms in South Africa. The Sullivan guidelines are far from perfect, they have been widely attacked as a figleaf to cover up the sins of corporate involvement in the country. But they are the closest thing there is to reasonable standards of behavior for U.S. firms, and Carnation has not shown the least indication...
...socialist slogans. The revolution communicates by billboard in the way that Californians do by bumper sticker, posting its noble but often mind-numbing reminders at almost every road turning and intersection: THE LAND IS OUR WEALTH, EDUCATION IS OUR LIBERATION, WORK HARDER, GROW MORE FOOD, BUILD THE REVOLUTION. With equal alacrity, the Grenadians have adeptly copied the dress code of the revolution, and the streets of the port capital town of St. George's are filled with remarkably accurate understudies for Che Guevara. The government's "mass rallies" have got the stem-winding syntax of fighting socialism down...