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Harvard University has failed in its stated commitment to diversity and to its Third World students. In the past fifteen years, the Third World student community at Harvard-Radcliffe has grown from one per cent of the student body to 20 per cent, but the University continues to treat us as an insignificant minority without legitimate needs, history, and culture...
...completed in December under the direction of Roland S. Barth, a lecturer at the school. Paul N. Ylvisaker, dean of the Ed School, believes that this reaction indicates a shift away from a "dangerously negative posture, an attitude of neo-conservatism," which had blurred educators' aims during the last fifteen years. Ylvisaker commissioned the special study late last spring to examine the relationship between the Ed School and American secondary schools...
...Friday solemnly painted his own vision of how the nation can at last conquer inflation and recapture past economic glory. It is a narrow vision, with no bold initiatives to harness the energy and resources of the American people. Instead, it demands they submit passively to "pain" and "discipline." Fifteen times those dolorous syllables rolled from the President's pursed lips...
...vote the draft resolution contained in document S/13827," said Donald Mills, the slim, elegant Ambassador from Jamaica who was serving as the United Nations Security Council president. After the members raised their hands, he announced the result: "Fifteen votes in favor, none against, no abstentions." U.S. Ambassador Donald McHenry then proudly addressed the meeting. "My delegation is pleased," he said, "that the council has spoken unanimously on this important issue." The occasion was indeed historic. For the first time, the U.S. had supported a Security Council resolution sharply criticizing Israel...
Becky sat in the corner chewing her nails. If Tom takes the car, why don't you ride to the dentist tomorrow? asked Myrtle. It's fifteen miles, said Becky. Don't bend the spoons! Myrtle told her harshly. Eagle Star can take you thirty miles, easy, she said. Becky straightened the spoon. How far to Vegas, asked Rick. A ways, said Myrtle. Becky laughed...