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...feel that this increasingly liberal attitude toward abortion indicates a dangerous lack of concern for human life, and cannot condone the use of general funds, with the implicit moral assent involved, for this purpose. Kathryn E. Donovan '77 Constance Mitchell '76 Leslie J. Olin...
...American dispersion are not the products of the new Jewish vision of individuality as Howe suggests, but of the old American vision of homogeneity. America is the true protagonist in this, and indeed any immigrant account, working to break barriers and make everyone seem the same. The implicit point, which Howe fails to make, is not that the Jews chose wrongly when they accepted the American vision of success, it is that there was never any choice...
Considering the deep-rooted passions, no one in Beirut at week's end was predicting with much confidence that this latest pause in the struggle would last for long. But many agreed with what was implicit in Jumblatt's confident assertion: that the Moslems were within sight of their basic goal in the war ?overturning the antiquated sectarian system of distributing power that has controlled Lebanon since it gained independence from France...
...Syrians were denying him 4,000 guns and 7 million rounds of ammunition that had been donated by the Egyptian government and confiscated when they reached Damascus en route to Beirut. Finally, Assad persuaded Arafat to put pressure on Jumblatt to accept another ceasefire. The persuasions contained an implicit warning that if the war continued the Lebanese-based Palestinians might lose Syrian support and supplies...
...never interfered with the outside consulting work of individual faculty members. But Aramco contacted Crum because he is a Harvard faculty member, and Crum uses that position when he deals with the company. There is no room here for people who use their connection to the University to give implicit support to racist policies. Lawrence E. Fouraker, dean of the Business School, made no effort to stop the Aramco program, although his permission was required before the program could take place. He dealt with the request, he said, as he would deal with similar requests from any company. But Aramco...