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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three also discussed the uses of political theory in modern-day society. "We have now returned to the time when political philosophers are writing wholesome truths from those who require religion and unwholesome truths for those who don't," said Shklar...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Antidiscommunitarianism | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...modern jobs require more and more knowledge to be executed adequately and the "sheer amount of information to be learned" increases rapidly, the performance of America's institutions of higher learning gains a special importance in determing the U.S.'s standing in the world...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Bok to Basics | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

Professor of Fine Arts Neil Levine, an expert in the history of modern architecture, also recalled his youth. "I always thought you had to make an effort to open a book or go to a ballet," he said. "Looking at buildings takes almost no effort...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Contribution to the Critique | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

When Harvard helps such countries to develop modern, high-technology medical schools, it may often be doing the countries a disservice, Hiatt said during the symposium "International Education in a Changing World: Is Harvard Doing its Part...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Darn, Fresh Out of Penicillin | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...need to give something of healing andrestorative value back to Harvard is echoed inPresident Roosevelt's address, which reminded anaudience all too familiar with the militaristictone of modern times that "Harvard should trainmen to be citizens in that high Athenian sensewhich compels a man to live his life uneasinglyaware that its civic significance is it mostabiding, and that the rich individual diversity ofthe state is born only of the wisdom to chooseways to achieve which do not hurt one'sneighbors...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Harvard at 300: Bathing the Wounds of a University's Troubled World | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

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