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Charles F. Adams '32, retired Raytheon Corp. executive and one of 23 members of the campaign's executive committee: "I think it's the leading educational institution in the world . . . If anything is important to the development of mankind and the world, it's giving bright people the chance for education . . . Also, I'm a sixth-generation Harvard graduate, and I want to pay back for what earlier generations in my family have received...
...gave $5 million to help set up a society of international fellows for scholars in international relations: "First, I owed it to Harvard. I got my education there, and it made a big difference to me. Second, I felt I was being given the opportunity to do something for mankind [through establishing the society of fellows] . . . . And finally, when all is said and done, there's a very simple reason for my gift. I feel very proud of Harvard, and I can assure you I'm giving back to it far less than I took...
...Chief mulls over this unexpected development completely opposite all of the goods' (his favorite nickname for The Good 01' USA) expectations. "Why are they responding in this way to our weapons increase," he thinks, "don't they know they are escalating the arms race which is bad for all mankind...
...stop the "Star Wars" project would be to end a hope for all mankind, the miraculous freedom "from Nuclear War (The "Evil Empire's" ultimate goal), by building more weapons for our already immensely good arsenal and putting them in the only heretofore unprotected zone known to man, space...
...Soviet interest in this field and the wholly unverifiable nature of such research. But beyond such limited, general exploration, as with all its real and imagined weapons systems, the Administration should be prepared to deal--and hopefully to start cutting into the plethora of offensive weapons that so threaten mankind...