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Landau added that his organization, which has launched a major national campaign to stop the draft, objected to the amendment in part because it is tacked on to the military procurement act of 1978, the annual bill for defense spending. The two issues should be separated, he said...
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, professor of Government, said yesterday he believes grade inflation is a major problem at Harvard. "Thirty-seven per cent of the students average above A-minus. This is an outrageous percentage," he said...
Frank L. Lowenstein '82 said yesterday. "Theft and vandalism exist here at Harvard just like anywhere else, but it's not a major part of the academic scene...
Moroz, who yesterday attributed his release to a Soviet desire for a SALT II agreement and to Harvard's offer, met with former Soviet Gen. Peter Grigorenko last night and will meet with President Carter within a few weeks, Snylyk added. In addition to Grigorenko, "a major dissident figure" who has been in the United States since 1977. Moroz met with a figure whose name could not be released, Snylyk said...
...second big company to move into the area was Kerr McGee. In the mid-1950s, Kerr McGee discovered the uranium reserves of the Navajo Nation. Within a few years, the company had developed a series of underground uranium mines and a uranium mill at Shiprock, the major population center of the Navajo reservation. According to provisions of the BIA-negotiated lease, Kerr McGee held rights to the land "for as long as the ore is producing in payable quantities." The BIA viewed the mines as a welcome boost to the Navajo economy, providing jobs for a people plagued with unemployment...