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Rudenstine, quoting his predecessor Derek Bok, tries to give the impression that recruiting black students for Harvard is a mere extension of a policy of diversity from geography to race. But there is a big difference he does not mention: the stubborn and unwelcome fact that blacks do not perform as well as other group on standardized tests. I do not know whether this fact is inherited or acquired, so I will just call it stubborn. It certainly is unwelcome, and all the more because the difference is not small. For classes entering Harvard in 1991 and 1992, the different...
...Thursday, Kaczynski was charged with possessing bomb components. The charges made no mention of the 18-year Unabom spree, which left three dead and 23 maimed...
...charges against the suspected Unabomber include possession of bomb parts, but make no mention of the bomb spree which left three dead and 23 maimed during a nearly two decade period...
...council's resolution, which passed last month by a vote of 30 to 20, also requests that the College omit any mention of the ceremony in official Commencement week programs...
Although we were dismayed that the statement failed to mention the violence that followed the suicide bombings, we believed that this omission could be remedied. In the spirit of cooperation, the Harvard Islamic Society proposed some simple ammendments that would not detract from the focus of the statement, which was to condemn terrorism, especially the recent events in the Middle East. Our proposed additions consisted of briefly mentioning the subsequent violence against innocent Palestinians...