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...withstand total withdrawal of American corporate influence, both the United States and Harvard should divest. "Morally, I support divestiture completely," says Menell. "It's not really a practical question, but the South African government does care what its American ally thinks of it." Fox also argues that divestiture might "frighten" the whites into believing that clinging to apartheid will no longer be tolerated by the world community. He adds that Harvard's divestiture would have little or no effect, but that it would constitute a moral statement that should be made...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...Kessen, who has been studying infants for more than 30 years, says in admiration of the newborn baby's zestful approach to life, "He's eating up the world." Harvard Psychology Professor Jerome Kagan, another pioneer, offers only one caveat about the new research: "Don't frighten parents! The baby is a friendly computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Babies Know? | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...withstand total withdrawal of American corporate influence, both the United States and Harvard should divest. "Morally, I support divestiture completely," says Menell. "It's not really a practical question, but the South African government does care what its American ally thinks of it." Fox also argues that divestiture might "frighten" the whites into believing that clinging to apartheid will no longer be tolerated by the world community. He adds that Harvard's divestiture would have little or no effect, but that it would constitute a moral statement that should be made...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...then asked to investigate. Four former employees of Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories are currently on trial in Chicago's federal district court on charges of submitting false study reports to the Government on four chemicals. Said an EPA spokesman in Washington: "We don't want to frighten anybody. Many of these chemicals are supported by other tests. We're trying to find out just which ones they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report Card: Three Bad Marks | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...detersons. But the effectiveness of detainee cannot be measured in absolute terms, Cap Weinberger not with sinoding. Some weapons--and some theatric--can prove destabilizing. It is probably unwise, for example, that the U.S. should seek rough parity with the Soviet Union, eschewing new weapons systems that might either frighten or tempt the Soviets...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Nukes Without Illusions | 5/6/1983 | See Source »

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