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...survey distributed to GSAS students at registration in January, 1980 provided the impetus for the Lehman Hall plan, Herman Marshall, secretary of the GSC, said yesterday. The survey "came back with a pretty strong response" in favor of some sort of graduate center, he said...
Given the impetus of the tax revolt, several well-organized right-wing groups have captured the ideological as well as political momentum away from the liberals (a word now about as popular as "child molester" with politicians). What's good for General Motors has become once again good for everyone. Tax abatements to attract business are a national fad, even though Kuttner says they do not succeed in attracting business, and even if they did, would not generate enough tax revenue to make up for their cost. Furthermore, he attacks the Right's insistence that the government causes all inflation...
...which most such University committees move, the briskness of the Gomes group's endeavor and the firmness of its proposals seem relatively remarkable. Formed last spring by President Bok amid clamor for a campus Third World center, the committee's report shows that meaningful student protest can provide can impetus for change...
...recent proposal by CHUL to include a second envelope for student groups' information does not obscure the fact that it was H-RGSA's request that provided the impetus for a change in policy...
...early radical political aspiraitons. If his youthful writings have the nostalgic charm of historical value, his more recent essays are considerably more thought-provoking. Although he explicitly omits all writings on the war, the aspirations and politics of the radical movement--the New Left that derived much of its impetus from the war protest--serve as his preoccupying theme during the early '70s. This group of essays will surely disappoint most people who know Walzer as the serious and methodical Harvard political philosopher. His opinions included as much interpretation of American culture as of politics, reflecting the hectic transition...