Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...divesture, Bok completely sidesteps the issue of purchasing new stocks, and what ethical considerations Harvard should take into account. The new open letter does, however, give a disturbing implicit answer that morality has no place in Harvard's business dealings. The letter notes that because other countries are evil, it would be inconsistent to treat South Africa differently than perhaps Guatemala, EI Salvador, or the Soviet Union. But this is actually inconsistent with Bok's earlier statements and actions...
...Casey and Kirkpatrick would backfire. "The idea is to calm the opposition down," said one State Department official, "so that we can go ahead with what we're already doing." Reagan agreed. He made clear that he wanted to avoid the bellicose tone he had used in his "evil empire" speech in March. "I do not want a heavily anti-Soviet speech, because people will turn off their TV sets and say, 'There he goes again,' " Reagan told close aides. After receiving several drafts put together by a special team coordinated by the National Security Council, including one submitted later...
...fact, said Dominique Moïsi of France's Institute of International Relations, the debate over new nuclear weapons is taking place in an environment in which there is "no satanic mantle and no ideal, no evil and no angels." Said Moïsi: "How do you educate people to the dubious charms of the balance of power? We are in a different world-a mixture of vague idealism and a lot of cynicism regarding power politics, a dangerous amalgam that sees the two superpowers as equally mediocre. What we have lost is the sense of what...
Music, not pageantry, catalyzed Balanchine's art. Some choreographers view music as a necessary evil, and blithely pillage masterworks to accompany their dances. Balanchine, a conservatory-trained pianist who might have had a concert career, was far more respectful. Watching him rehearse once. Martha Graham observed: "It's like watching light pass through a prism. The music passes through him, and in the same natural yet marvelous way that a prism refracts light, he refracts music into dance...
Professor of Education Noel F. McGinn, a member of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), which advises the Corporation on investment ethics, charged yesterday that the University has not used its shareholder power. "If the University were actively working hard to overcome that evil [apartheid], no one would be making any complaints," he added...