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Founded in 1650, just 14 years after Harvard itself. The Corporation is the oldest self perpetuating body in the Western Hemisphere. As Harvard's principal governing body, tantamount to a board of trustees, the Corporation has the final say over the academic direction, personnel and fiscal plans of the University's 10 faculties, and numerous research centers, libraries and museums. It controls a $600 million yearly budget and a $2.3 billion endowment. And legally, the seven men--there has never been a woman on the Corporation--own all of Harvard's buildings, property and assets...
...time when people of conscience across America have finally decided that South Africa must be shunned, we find it shocking and saddening, and a profound comment on the generation coming of age, that The Crimson has abandoned its oldest and proudest stand. Harvard out of South Africa! William McKibben '82 David Edelstein '81 Scott Rosenberg '81 Paul Attanasio '81 Jim Hershberg '82 Katherine States '80 Robert Boorstin '81 Joseph Dalton '79 Paul Englemayer '83 Adam Cohen '84 Tracy Sivitz '83 David DcMilo '80 Andrew Multer '79 Richard Weisman '78 Susan Faludi '81 Michael Miller '84 Sarah Paul '84 Jeffrey Toobin...
...oldest of six brothers and one sister, Anderson grows rice on 1,800 acres in Wharton and Colorado counties. That makes him a big operator, but he has had to retrench. He dropped the lease on 2,200 acres he was renting because "I was losing money on it." Anderson has let some of his field hands go, but wants to keep on a nucleus in case things get better...
Ginsberg: That's all over the world. I've spent a lot of time working, studying and performing with Australian aborigines. They have the oldest body of epic literature in the world; it goes back 12,000 years. Non-written language, purely writing on the breath, on the spirit, was a world tradition that preceded the invention of the printing press. Words are separated from speech when printed on the page. They lose their body, their breath because with the written word it is just the eye to the page, bypassing the physical element...
...appearance of upheaval is more than a little misleading; there is a strong element of continuity amid the changes. It is true that a few of the President's oldest and closest associates, most notably Interior Secretary William Clark and Attorney General William French Smith, are leaving Washington entirely. But for the most part, the core of Administration movers and shakers remains intact. Some will be learning new jobs, adding a touch of unpredictability to the Administration's actions; a few others are unsure what role they will play for how long. Nonetheless, the list of the most influential members...