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...part of the "Women in the 21st Century" series, said Sandy Lee '89, who is helping to plan the conference. The first gathering--slated for December 1 to 3--has been organized already, and four women have agreed to write specially commissioned papers which will serve as the focal points of the conference, Lee said...
Some members of this year's council see discussions like the ones about the Fly Club suit and a resolution calling on Harvard to stay neutral in May's union election as the beginning of a new role for the council--that of a forum and focal point of student opinion on controversial issues that have divided the campus...
...granting of patents on selectively bred plants or genetically-engineered microorganisms has been accepted for years. But the issue of the first patent for a "transgenic nonhuman mammal" should have been the focal point for an ethical debate on man's right to manipulate the course of nature to fit its needs...
...clubs, whether they are fraternities, sororities, selective or non-selective, have traditionally been the focal point of campus social life...
Using the sky as a focal point for education is the brainchild of a retired Boston newscaster, Jack Borden. Ten years ago, while hiking, Borden gazed up and felt the jolt of an epiphany. "I had never really noticed the sky before," he recalls, "and its beauty, majesty and fragility just overpowered me." Expose children to this great expanse, he reasoned, and you have a thematic catalyst that spans the three Rs, encompasses the arts and sciences and engages the mind in a voyage of self-discovery. Borden, now 59, decided to take his inspiration to local schools...