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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Agreed. But to have a group of pro-Palestinian organizations and anti-Israel speakers debate Israeli policy unlikely to accomplish that. It's akin to having a board of Christian fundamentalists discuss the legality of abortion, or having Zairean leader Sese Seko Mobutu speak about peace in Africa, for that matter. Although all views should be heard, treating such a forum as an academic pursuit would make a mockery of the term. To lend Harvard's credibility to a conference so imbalanced in its approach, so determined to push a particular point of view rather than to give...

Author: By Lori E. Fein, | Title: Don't Legitimate Propaganda | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

Monrad says he takes a similar approach. "Ifeel that Harvard's the leader--Harvard sets thestandard for education in the world," he says...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Harvard Prepares Funding Pitch | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

Bush's announcement drew bipartisan applause on Capitol Hill, although Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) said he was not about to rescind his criticism that the president's policies toward the blossoming of democracy in Eastern Europe have been too "timid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Announces Pre-Summit in December | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

Czechoslovakia began a sweeping program of liberal reforms under Communist leader Alexander Dubcek, but the so-called "Prague Spring" was quashed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of August...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New E. German Leader Meets With Gorbachev | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...leader of the officially recognized Liberal Democratic Party said the "political structure no longer corresponds to the will of the people" or they "wouldn't be taking to the streets and there wouldn't be movements like Neues Forum [New Forum] and Demokratie Jetzt [Democracy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: East German Protesters Flood Streets | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

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