Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Besides boasting cross-regional support, Bush is running on the coattails of the most popular president in history. Despite controversy over the Iran-Contra affair and Attorney General Edwin Meese, Reagan's support in November could well push bush over...
Every spring I receive a telephone call from yet another Crimson reporter who asks uninformed questions of a very general nature about affirmative action at Harvard. Subsequently, an article appears each year reporting an alleged disagreement between another University official, usually a Black one, and me over affirmative action. This year your reporter's approach is a bit different--my appointed adversary is Dean Michael Spence of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences--but your reporting is characteristically flawed...
...general, MSA and other students associated with the Harvard Foundation have performed a valuable service at FAS. It is regrettable that they cannot depend upon their fellow students at The Crimson to assume an equally constructive and effective approach by accurately and intelligently reporting on affirmative action, on more than one occasion every spring. I also hope that your reporting will involve seeking out the opinions of the numerous individuals who hold responsibility for affirmative action on campus, instead of subtly constructing disagreements between the one or two minority administrators most easily available by telephone. John B. Williams Assistant...
...During the late 1970s and early 1980's, it hit its highest point as judged by the number of applicants," Agoglia says. "The applicant pool is declining. We've been talking about it a lot. Some people talk about the change to the more conservative perspective of students. In general, I'm not really convinced of that...
...that is exactly what has happened. The pro-divestment slate on the Board pushed for an up-or-down vote on the question. Bok's top advisor, Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54, was dispatched to lobby Overseers on why such a vote would be ill-advised. Then the University managed to find an even better plan: to divert the question to a joint committee of the Corporation and the Board. Scheduling difficulties should ensure that the committee's reccomendation on the issue will not be made until next fall...