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Reflecting on the un-likelihood of Harvard students becoming politically radical, Liane G. Rozzell '82, a member of the William J Seymour Society, a Black Christian campus group, said. "A typical Black Student at Harvard comes from an educated middle class background and is not inclined toward such activism and challenging of the institution...
...British Catholic hierarchy was glum about the likelihood of a papal visit at a time of war, but a great deal was at stake. Very quickly, the British hierarchy launched a shuttle diplomacy effort designed to counteract the advice it knew the Pope was receiving from the ever cautious Curia. Archbishops Thomas Winning of Glasgow and Derek Worlock of Liverpool flew to Rome and at a hastily arranged luncheon in the Pope's private apartments, made a carefully prepared appeal, but it was soon clear that they were preaching to the converted. "I am convinced myself," the Pope said...
...increase strategic stability because it would make land-based missiles more vulnerable to enemy warheads. Argues Herbert Scoville Jr., president of the left-of-center Arms Control Association in Washington: "The START proposal will not achieve the President's goal of improved stability, but will instead increase the likelihood of a first strike." A report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace contends that limited reductions in nuclear missiles would "have no significant impact on strategic vulnerability...
...perceive the contradiction that underlies what has been your public stance of "negative social pressure" against gays and respect for "basic rights". The broad support that is necessary to wield effective negative social pressure will at the same time erode the foundation of gays' civil rights. In all likelihood, it will not be possible for you, Director even as the leader of our movement, to restrain the anti-gay social current that you fostered. A public furor, once aroused, will require a target and although you may add others to the list of your enemies, you will be unable...
...January measured the percentage of residents participating in a varsity sport, Kirkland the leader, led with 45 9 percent, with next door neighbor Eliot close behind. This time around, Whitla relied on a little known admissions office statistic the rating the office gives to prospective applicants evaluating the likelihood that they will participate in varsity sports...