Word: letters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...letter of grievance, field through theBoston law firm of Nutter, McClennen and Fish,states that Gault failed to meet the selectioncriteria set forth by the Bobsled Federation. Thecomplaint maintains that Gault failed to attend aone week push clinic last fall that was mandatoryfor all bobsledders and to compete in the minimumof two Olympic trial races...
...Love's letter to the Foundation's Director S. Allen Counter criticized the University for creating an uncomfortable atmosphere for minorities. Love said he is constantly "confronted with subtle and blatant forms of racism, whether it be from peers or professors...
...eyes of too many, I am not a full-fledged member of this University who was admitted on the basis of his credentials, but rather part of a racial quota: part of Harvard's attempt to create a diverse student body, andhumor those 'legacies' who really belong here,"the letter from the Currier House resident reads...
Counter said he had met with Love to try "tohelp him overcome his feelings, to move ahead withhis education." Counter said he thought Love wassatisfied with the letter of apology...
...letter, Houck said he was "both shockedand saddened that what was intended as goodcamraderie was interpreted as a racial slur." Hesaid he had rubbed Love's hair out of "kinship"with him and referred to it as "ear-to-earcarpeting" because his aunt had referred to shorthair that way ever since he was a child...