Word: missions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harlem Spirituals bus at 9 some Wednesday morning. As the bus heads uptown, a guide sketches a history of the district. A walk through Hamilton Grange and Sugar Hill precedes a stop at the Schomburg Center. And then . . . nirvana. At the Manhattan Christian Reformed Church, a storefront mission run by and for recovering addicts, the Rev. Reggie Williams spins a stirring homily: "You have the power to pray when you wanna party! The power to close your veins to dope and open your brains to hope!" An old hymn like Amazing Grace percolates with urgent rhythms. Secular songs like Higher...
Despite the brouhaha, the Navy is going ahead with its plans to use the dolphins as guards. Thomas LaPuzza, a spokesman for the Naval Ocean Systems ) Center in San Diego, where the dolphins have been trained, refuses to comment on their mission, which is classified, but claims they are highly dependable. A thorough investigation by the federal Marine Mammal Commission cleared NOSC of charges that it had abused dolphins, and Democrat Norman Dicks, a Washington State Congressman who sits on the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, came away from a classified briefing on the project reassured that the animals "are more...
...extent to which dolphins were used in the war is classified information, but rumors persist that they killed enemy divers. Point Mugu veterans consider it more probable that the animals helped capture divers alive for interrogation. Upon realizing what the dolphins' mission would be, some of the trainers begged off being part of the final preparation of the animals. Says one: "The whole program was a hideous use of the most benevolent creatures I ever had the chance to know. To the dolphins, it was all games...
...extent that women that otherwise would be majoring in economics do not do so, our educational mission is damaged...
...president's recent appointment of Professor of Government Robert D. Putnam--a highly respected political scholar praised for his integrity--as the school's new dean, is a sign that Bok truly wants the Kennedy School, which many regard as his personal legacy, to rededicate itself to its original mission. Putnam has repeatedly said as dean he will be dedicated to "rekindling that spirit of public service." Let's hope the school under its new leadership will come to live up to its true mission...