Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort raised $1740 for Oxfam, Henry Dones '79, chief organizer for the fast, said last night. Harvard Food Services contributed 95 cents for every student who agreed to skip dinner, Dones said...
Only part of the reason for the fast was to raise money, Marie Korn '79, who helped organize the fast, said last night. "There's also the symbolic value of experiencing for one night the hunger of people in poverty," she said...
...Unless there's some crisis or famine, the plight of hungry people around the world is forgotten," Stephanie Berry '79, another fast organizer, said last night...
Students who agreed not to eat in Harvard dining halls for the Oxfam fast had different reasons for participating. "I'm not doing it so much for the moral commitment--I just think it's important to give money to underdeveloped countries," Tricia Henry '80, said last night...
However, with certain admitted risks, Rabin could try to exploit the present situation. And if he acts fast, he could reap some political benefits before the next elections. Thus, the Carter administration should be careful not to push Israel too hard before the elections: the polarizing effects of such a move could put Begin into power. The average Israeli would probably try to protect himself from external pressure by choosing this more intransigent ruler...