Word: nas
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...RATHER surprised at the founding of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) and that my colleagues Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 and Professor of History Stephan Thernstrom appear to be contemplating a Harvard branch. Surprised because I am not aware of anything like an oppressive "politically correct" ideological movement in general on our college campuses, let alone at Harvard...
...therefore, impressed by NAS's reasons for its formation. One does not have to politicize faculty ranks in the way NAS is doing in order to "preserve the traditional western curriculum." I'm for preserving this curriculum too, and so are ethnic studies organizations; but I'm also for expanding the definition of "western curriculum...
Latino-literature, Asian-American literature and surely Afro-American and women's literature are all western. What are the NAS people really talking about...
...dismal state of birth control in the U.S. was highlighted last week in a study issued by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The report states that American contraceptive research has come to a virtual halt, causing the U.S. to fall far behind other countries in developing new techniques. Methods available overseas but not in the U.S. include an injection that provides two months of protection and a skin implant that can release a contraceptive hormone into the bloodstream for up to five years...
...plight of women like Jennifer and Amy will not improve until there is an overhaul of federal policy on birth control. The NAS report calls on the FDA to streamline its stringent rules for the approval of new contraceptives. The authors also recommend that pharmaceutical companies be given federal protection from liability suits so that they will be encouraged to get back into the contraceptive business. Unless something is done quickly, the situation for U.S. women may be no better in the 21st century than it is today...