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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While other graduating scholar-athletes have already hung up the spikes or skates, Kaplan continues to train for the Maccabiah Games, which will take place in Israel this summer. As a member of the United States delegation to what is often called the Jewish Olympics, Kaplan will spend three weeks with 4000 athletes from 41 nations...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Still One Goal To Go | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...someone so involved in some of FAS' most controversial issues, Verba is a strikingly uncontroversial figure. He is universally well-liked among fellow faculty members, and even a minority student leader who was often highly critical of Verba's committee work offers guarded praise...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: 'The Insider' Tackles FAS's Problems | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Guided by what many say is supreme confidence in his approach, Bok stands by his conclusions, even--and often especially--when they are criticized. And Bok, after 18 years in office, is so protective of his decisions precisely because he approaches them with a rigid commitment to rational analysis...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: The 'Rationalist Philosopher' at Harvard's Head | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

This impatience often expresses itself as a disdain for activist rhetoric, and chants like "Derek Bok, get the word, this is not Johannesburg" only harden the president's resolve not to cave in to outside pressure...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: The 'Rationalist Philosopher' at Harvard's Head | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...instance, Bok defied the majority of a Law faculty advisory committee in choosing Clark for the deanship, and has often overruled departmental recommendations in refusing to tenure scholars in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: The 'Rationalist Philosopher' at Harvard's Head | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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