Word: indirections
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Therefore it comes as no surprise that rather than assuming a leadership role in the struggle against apartheid, the Corporation has chosen to continue its indirect support of the Vorster government, once more affirming that Harvard places concern for profits ahead of concern for human lives. At the very least, the Corporations' should cease to justify its decision on the basis of moral concern for the "tragic and deplorable situation" in South Africa. An explanation in terms of financial considerations would be no more palatable, but it would not be quite so insluting to the community's intelligence...
...conduct federal research projects. Recent decisions by President Carter--including an 11 per cent increase for 1979 in basic research funds for universities and the proposed formation of a separate Department of Education--make research costs all the more important. There are two kinds of research expenses--direct and indirect. Direct expenses include those which provide for lab instruments, technicians and other specifically earmarked items. Both the government and Harvard agree that these costs should be covered by the group directly benefiting from the research efforts...
Rather than assuming a leadership role in the struggle against apartheid, the Corporation has chosen to continue its indirect support of the Vorster government, once more affirming that Harvard places concern for profits ahead of concern for human lives. At the very least, the Corporation should cease to justify its decision on the basis of moral concern for the "tragic and deplorable situation" in south Africa. While an explanation in terms of financial pressures would be no more palatable, it would not be quite so insulting the community's intelligence...
...once wrote, "conceals itself, is present-is active-in the space that surrounds the stanzas and in the white of the paper: a meaningful silence, no less wonderful to compose than the lines themselves." And again: "To conjure up . . . the negated object, with the help of allusive and indirect words, which constantly efface themselves in a complementary silence . . . comes close to the act of creation...
...they were for unwed mothers and organic apples. Talk about "soft" energy alternatives conjures up notions of Carvel or Dentu-creme, neither of which seems the likely source of progress and power in this country. Furthermore, Sun Day sponsors and others defined solar energy so as to include "indirect" solar sources, such as manure and windmills, that do even less to lend credence to the idea of a solar "strong America...