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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there been a poster on a wall, or a note slipped under my door, or a rally in my dining hall, I would have no argument. But when my privacy is involved, my position on the El Salvador issue becomes irrelevant. What if they had sent me a letter telling me that my mother had been killed by Salvadoran terrorists? Should I have boarded the next plane home...
...Pressing student needs for public interest counseling remain unmet," said the letter, "and...the decision [to eliminate the counselors] reflects a disturbing underlying philosophy...
Last week, an open meeting of the public interest advisory committee-- appointed by Clark in October to examine the future of the field at the Law School--attracted about 80 students. But the letter, endorsed unanimously by the Law School Council, is the largest protest on the issue since 1055 students signed petitions in October demanding that Clark restore the public interest career counseling positions eliminated over the summer...
This month's form letter stressed that the public interest "crisis" and "student outcry" over the closing of the counseling office have not "died down," as Clark told The Crimson in October...
...breakthrough came when the Pope boldly dispatched Casaroli, by now Vatican Secretary of State, and seven other Cardinals to Moscow last year to celebrate the Christian millennium. Casaroli managed a 90-minute meeting with Gorbachev and handed him a three-page letter plus a memo from John Paul listing complaints about treatment of Catholics. Gorbachev responded directly to several of the Pope's requests. Last year Lithuania's two leading bishops were returned to head dioceses after a combined 53 years of internal exile, and the cathedral in Vilnius, previously used as an art museum, was restored for worship. This...