Word: favor
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...letter, which was enclosed in the same envelope as the ballot and which was written on official Board stationary, purportedly exists merely to "inform" alums of the unusual nature of this year's Overseers election, an election in which three candidates are actively campaigning in favor of divestiture. Regardless of the letter's lack of ehtics (not to mention the insult to the intelligence of Harvard/Radcliffe alums), I find President Bok's statement in itself highly offensive and misleading...
With 2000 signatures collected in favor of divestment and well over a thousand in support of the Open University, shanties are, on the contrary, serving as a valuable physical focus for the struggle for divestiture. Several rallies of hundreds of students, a one day blockade of the Office of the Harvard Corporation, and much education on South Africa and divestment has taken place. Most importantly, the Open University has been the center of a community of thought and discussion with professors such as Orlando Patterson, Stanley Hoffman, T.J. Clarke, and Diana Eck giving special public lectures, and section leaders...
SASC, says Lichtman, is "morally inconsistent" because it does not "favor and agitate for divestment from other regimes...
...wishes and presence of other members of the community." This principle cannot be upheld by the aforementioned remarks, nor can it be sustained when people are intimidated for expressing their opinions. I distinctly recall an example of this abuse. I was accosted and denounced because of my speech in favor of a proposal which did not suit the majority...
Also working in favor of the bill is the fact that in an election year neither party wants to be tagged as the obstacle to tax reform. A new factor in the equation, television, may also help. Although an army of lobbyists will be following the bill closely, so too will many average taxpayers. On June 2 the Senate will begin allowing debates to be televised for the first time. Majority Leader Dole, who hopes to establish himself as a presidential contender, intends to bring the tax bill up that day, "right after the prayer...