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...make a semantic distinction between consulting for a government and for a government-owned company, but surely he must be aware that most people would not. In not owning up to this fact from the start, Harberger has put Harvard administrators--including Bok and HIID's current director, Lester Gordon, who had categorically stated Harberger never consulted for the Pinochet regime--in a difficult position...
Much of the reason for choosing an economist, then, was economic. As Lester Gordon, current director of HIID, explains, the HIID's annual income from its endowment is a meagre $28,000. Almost 80 per cent of the Institute's operating budget comes from its consulting work. As a result, the HIID has been unable to devote much of its resources to research and teaching, but has instead concentrated on the advising end of the operation...
Observers say Bok also wanted to find someone prestigious. Gordon, the current director, has no doctorate, and some have felt the HIID lacks the outstanding academic reputation it should have...
...third and final installment, Ms. Dugger reported that the present Director, Mr. Gordon, "...doubts the HIID would advise the Central African Empire...under the present government." Surely, he must have meant to refer to the government of former Emperor Jean-Badel Bokassa, which was overturned in September 1979, more than five months ago. The nation is now once again the Central African Republic, headed by President David Dacko, who is generally judged to be a benevolent leader. Former Emperor Bokassa is in exile in the Ivory Coast...
Reality is hard to quantify in these times. A young (39) conservative Senator from New Hampshire, Gordon Humphrey, found like many of his fellow ideologues that the Carter address was appallingly weak. Liberals like Ted Kennedy were skeptical of the idea of reconstituting the draft in peacetime. Across the House floor there seemed to be chunks and pieces of a national mosaic but nothing holding them together. New Jersey's Millicent Fenwick was most animated when Carter mentioned women's rights. Republicans stirred themselves only slightly above polite applause when Carter promised to continue his vain efforts...