Word: harmfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking on the resolution, Councillor Daniel H. Hayes stressed that Cambridge is not considered a target because of the presence of M.I.T. and Harvard, but rather such technological centers are considered prizes of war to be captured with as little harm as possible. Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci, responding to Hayes said, "So any nation would consider Harvard a prize? Would they take the Harvard CRIMSON with...
...linked to the factional clashes was Father Ma-teus Gwengere, a militant Catholic priest who fled Mozambique in mid-1967 and since then had consistently opposed Mondlane. Last July, however, Mondlane seemed to have reconciled all the opposing factions within Frelimo. After persuading them that continued conflict could only harm their common cause, he went on to stage party elections in a "liberated area" of northern Mozambique. It was a dramatic propaganda victory, and Mondlane was confirmed as head of Frelimo. Nevertheless he was forced to expand the membership of Frelimo's executive committee to pacify his rivals...
...that half the College--or all of it--would decide to take one or more make-ups. But Harvard is no longer a haven for the dilletante sons of the idle rich (our dilletantes are middle class). Most of us are fairly highly motivated. It would do no real harm to permit a student to take one or two make-up exams per term simply because he wanted to, offering no more elaborate excuse than that he was not prepared for the exam...
Second Marriages. Although vast sums are spent by the Government on education, the report says, relatively little is known about whether the money is really contributing to better learning. And for all the talk of rising crime rates, there may have been an actual decrease in the harm that crimes do to people. Religious leaders worry about the rising divorce rate. Still, notes the report, the percentage of the population that is married has risen 7.5% since 1940, largely because of the increase in second marriages...
...session, but passage of a more general industrial-safety law looks less likely. Last year the Johnson Administration pushed for legislation that would have empowered the Secretary of Labor to issue mandatory health and safety standards and to enforce them-to the point of closing down factories-if "imminent harm" was found to exist. The legislation died, in no small part because of vigorous industry objections. But similar bills have been introduced this year, including one co-sponsored by 34 members of the House. The Nixon Administration has yet to take a stand on the issue. Whatever its decision...