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When History Department Chair Andrew D. Gordon ’74 received his Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard in 1981 and took a position as an assistant professor of Japanese history, he says he knew it was a position “with essentially no prospect offered for tenure...
...vary? The entire history of the planet is one of climate change. Glaciers receding? My house is built where a glacier once was. The same is true for much older structures. Trying to stop Earth's climate from changing is as realistic as trying to stop Earth from spinning. Gordon Otto Calgary, Canada Iran and the Bomb In his essay "Today tehran, tomorrow the world" [April 3], Charles Krauthammer stereotyped Iranians as followers of an "extreme and fanatical ideology" who would wield nuclear power recklessly. He argues that while good sense has kept other rogue nations from using the atom...
...While Gordon said “it would be logical” for the Faculty to issue a public report if, in fact, he is under an internal investigation, Laibson said he wasn’t sure...
Meanwhile, Andrew D. Gordon ’74, the chair of the history department, last week called the defense of Shleifer on the strength of his academic achievements an “astounding” argument...
...somebody has acted unethically or illegally, the fact that he or she is a Pulitzer Prize winner or a Nobel Prize candidate is totally irrelevant,” Gordon said. “I’m very puzzled to hear that from economists who are usually very logical thinkers...