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...chosen because they wanted someone who could care enormously about both the research and branch aspects of the library," says Healy. As a scholar, he acknowledges that he is more attuned to the 88 miles of stacks at the main library, one of the half a dozen foremost research libraries in the world. But, he adds, "the branches are one * place where, when you go to bed at night, you can say, 'I have been of some use to my fellow man today...
Lampley's argument, first and foremost, insults the intelligence of those in the Harvard communtity who are socially and politically sensitive to discrimination issues. We strongly doubt that a person stating that Black and gay discrimination are similar is drawing an explicit, literal analogy--such an effort would be inane...
...Hewett, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was an easy choice. One of America's foremost authorities on the Soviet economy, Hewett has written or edited five texts on the subject. These days, the peripatetic economist is in high demand as a speaker and seminar participant. Even Soviet policymakers seek his advice. He is especially close to Nikolai Petrakov, Gorbachev's top economic adviser, which gives Hewett an inside angle on the challenges facing the reformers in Moscow...
...year Hungary finally terminated the project. Vargha, meanwhile, has emerged as a powerful voice of political reform. A founder of the Alliance of Free Democrats, now the leading opposition party, he was offered an official post within the group. But Vargha, 40, declined. Says he: "I am first and foremost an environmentalist...
...foremost challenge before us today is the task of building a better future for the children of all our neighborhoods and turning the tide against violence, the illegal drug trade and the despair that affects too many of our citizens," Flynn said in the letter. "To complete this unfinished work, I feel an obligation to continue as mayor of this city...