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Since that time, however, the University has neglected to make a concerted, institutional response to the specific problem of homelessness in the City of Cambridge. Although Harvard cannot be expected to solve all the problems of urban poverty, it can lend a helping hand in its capacity as the city's largest property owner, landlord, and number one corporate citizen...
...name of morality, opponents of social injustice call for Harvard to lend its institutional endorsement--and its endowment--to an agenda of political ends and means...
...Newtown Square, Pa., had occasionally had dinner with the Wyeths, and already owned six of his works. After spending two hours with the collection, Andrews agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar sum for all of them and their copyrights. Not previously known as a major collector, he plans to lend the Helgas to museums and, as if she were the Rambo of art troves, he is even talking of marketing images of her on posters and calendars. (Told of this plan, Betsy mutters, "I hope not.") Andrews rapturously describes his acquisition as a "national treasure. Wyeth will go down...
...fact is that virtually every genuine constitutional question has unique complexities that do not lend themselves to the slambang simplicity espoused by Reagan and Meese. For as Jefferson noted two centuries ago, the founders "laid their shoulders to the great points, knowing that the little ones would follow of themselves." And as Tribe's latest book, God Save This Honorable Court, clearly shows, the very breadth of the Constitution makes it an imperfect guide in specific matters. Such vague phrases as "unreasonable search," "equal protection of the laws," or "due process," writes Tribe, "not only invite but compel the Supreme...
...past, the institution has had an ironclad rule against rescheduling loans and an equally tough stricture against lending out more funds at any time than its entire capital plus reserves. By contrast, most commercial banks lend up to 17 times their capitalization. As a consequence of its conservative policies, the World Bank enjoys a triple-A credit rating. Says Treasurer Eugene Rotberg: "We are one of the rare institutions in Washington that have to meet a market test...