Word: moralizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deal with students in this way in private while in public making pious statements about their commitment to reasoned discussion and rational discourse. And in this we include not only Ira Jackson and Archie Epps, but also Derek Bok, the man who has the responsibility for setting the moral tone for the Harvard administration...
...here we want to re-emphasize the importance of Bok's role as the man who can make or break the moral standing of his administration. In his 1978 Commencement Address, he said, "We have to demonstrate that we can recognize moral problems without waiting until students press the issues upon us. We have to open ourselves to discussion and disagreement even to the point of being willing to change our minds." If the Harvard administration continues to ignore moral problems and if students continue to press the issues on the administration in increasingly forceful ways, then...
...CAMPAIGN LITERATURE Tower is portrayed as the fearless defender of "our fellow Texans against the forces moving to destroy America's economic, social and moral values": the "Eastern Labor Bosses," the big government spenders, the supporters of the Panama Canal treaties and busing, and the opponents of a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in public schools. Here at least Tower is truthful. In his 17 years in the Senate, he has spoken as the obstructionist, the perennial naysayer. He has never authored any major piece of legislation...
...students that Harvard was publicity honoring a man who supported the apartheid regime both verbally and financially. After all, 500 students chanting "Harvard Out Now!" might disturb the ceremony and look bad on the six o'clock news. As usual the administration's primary concern was pragmatic, not moral...
...kind of a moral victory--beating them for the first time. It felt great," Seidler said...