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...other, the Reaganauts were eager to seize the opportunity offered by the Soviets' reluctance to disclose the accident and Moscow's refusal to give full details. Said Secretary of State George Shultz: "When an incident has cross-border implications, there's an obligation under international law to inform others and to do it promptly. We don't think they've provided what they should have...
Both the Endowment for Divestiture and the Senior Class Gift recognize the importance of supporting Harvard University in its mission of education and pursuit of academic achievement. We, the officers of both fund raising organizations, have written these separate articles in order to inform the University community of the existence of both groups and their aims and objectives. We believe that questions of how the University manages and spends its money are important ones to consider. We encourage seniors, alumni, and other Harvard affiliates to support the University in the manner they feel most appropriate...
This story, like many others in the genre, begins because someone's curiosity has screwed up the natural order of things. In case we are not familiar with that order, four paragraphs flash across the screen a la Star Wars and inform us that the universe is a balance between GOOD and EVIL, two constituent parties which hold each other in check. Anything which musses up this cosmic tidiness must therefore be swept under the divine carpet before the universe is destroyed...
...light of this, we were dismayed to find a large ad in the April 18th Crimson seeking applicants to be TWA flight attendants. Moreover, we found it shocking that The Crimson chose not to inform its readership that 6000 TWA flight attendants--85 percent of whom are women--have been on strike for almost two months against a proposed 45 percent cut in pay and benefits...
Still greater opportunities exist to help students learn more effectively, for this is a field to which few universities have devoted a great deal of attention. In some schools, students have not even received any thoughtful communication to inform them of what they are supposed to accomplish through their course of study. In most, faculty members do not make it a regular practice to come together and consider how they might adapt their teaching, their class assignments, and their methods of evaluation to help their students achieve the goals toward which their education is supposedly directed...