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...future of funding more mundane renovations in the Houses and academic buildings may become brighter, James A. Davis, master of Winthrop House and chairman of the Sociology department, points out that there is "good news demographically" concerning "notoriously generous" Harvard alumni. "Our oldest alumni now have experience in the House system. And they're the most generous," Davis says. This may be an advantage in the capital fund drive where, Reardon says, alumni may choose to direct money to a particular facet of Harvard life...
What happened instead was a 14-0 ho- hummer with about as many thrills as a Life of Riley re-run, generous libations tucked away in countless cost pockets were about all that could keep the capacity crowd cheerful (and warm...
Rudolph Bell, professor of history at Rutgers, yesterday called Laiou a "mainstay" of the department and said he feels "very badly" that she will leave Rutgers. "We made a very generous alternative offer which after much consideration she turned down," he said...
...more likely candidate for an economics ministry. A key member of the Mitterrand team and a candidate for the Quai D'Orsay, France's Foreign Ministry, is veteran Diplomat Claude Cheysson. As a commissioner of the European Community, Cheysson, 61, led the development of its generous trade policy toward the Third World...
...others worry that Americans may be exaggerating the effect of immigration on the U.S. - and forgetting their historically generous nature. "This country was built on immigrants," says Juan Soliz, coordinator for the Midwest Coalition in Defense of Immigration. "Some are trying to create hysteria to gain sympathizers, to have someone to blame for unemployment, inflation and high prices." Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt cautions that many questions surrounding illegal aliens remain unanswered. "For example, do they take jobs from American workers or do they perform tasks benefiting the American economy?" he asks. "No one knows. There ought to be deeper understanding...