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...ethical principles are no different than those of Wall Street traders," says Rob Weissman '88-'89, head of Harvard Watch, a group organized by consumer advocate Ralph Nader to monitor the University's investment activities. "Given the experience with the RJR takeover, this might be the ideal time for the University to review its policies...
Critics like Ralph Nader point out that congressional expenses are one of the fastest-growing areas in the federal budget. "Congressional pay is 48% higher than it was in 1980, and now they say they deserve more," charges the consumer advocate. "Our power elite wants to be an economic elite as well." In a report last year, Nader noted that in 1988 Congress spent $1.97 billion just to keep itself going, $220 million more than the previous year...
Carlson found her way to Washington under the inspiration of consumer advocate Ralph Nader. She wrote a book called How to Get Your Car Repaired Without Getting Gypped. The best-selling paperback financed law school and eventually led Carlson to reporting and editing stints at the Washington Weekly, Esquire magazine and the New Republic. Joining TIME last year, Carlson started right off writing about the 1988 campaign, including stories on the presidential conventions. She had, she recalls, no trouble trading law for the fourth estate. "A lawyer works on cases that won't be settled for years," says Carlson. "TIME...
...Weissman '88-'89, head of Harvard Watch, a group organized by consumer advocate Ralph Nader to monitor the University's corporate activities, said the University is "investing in companies marketing devices of mass murder...
Tosteson knew about the misrepresentation atleast four months before The Globe reported thecase, but did not act on the matter, according toa report by Harvard Watch, a student groupaffiliated with consumer advocate Ralph Nader...