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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Szilard and Eugene Wigner learned that German scientists had managed to split the atom, they sought Einstein's help. Einstein himself may have had only the faintest idea of the recent progress in nuclear physics, but after a briefing by Szilard and Wigner he agreed to write a letter to President Roosevelt alerting him to the possibility that the Nazis might try to make an atomic bomb. That letter is popularly credited (though its precise effect is unclear) with helping to persuade Roosevelt to order up the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic weapons...
...Hugh Calkins, chairman of the Corporation Committee on Harvard Shareholder Responsibility, recently wrote a letter to Corey B. Stone '79--who advocates the boycotting of Nestle's--stating that the Corporation will definitely not consider a dining hall boycott of Nestle products. Stone said Wednesday...
...information Epps sent to the committees did not include, however, the resignation statement of Julie Fouquet '80, the UCHSR chairman who resigned from the ACSR. UCHSR protested, and Epps sent the resignation letter to the committees...
...letter of resignation, Clifford, whose real estate dealings have been the focus of controversy, said, "I have been unfairly attacked by innuendo and improper inference, but I recognize that these attacks have made it difficult, if not impossible, for me to be effective...
...Cooper, the founder of the Harvard Black Students Association and current mayor of Pritchard, Alabama, said he received a letter from Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law, yesterday, "deploring the decision of the conference committee to honor Abdul-Assiz...