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Solicitation for the new fund may cut into the ongoing drive for women's scholarships, but "the long-run gains of merger should outweigh the temporary benefits of separate funds," Sachs said. "We do not support the status quo; we do support complete merger...
...theoretically possible that the jobs Caterpillar Tractor provides black Africans outweigh the harm done by supporting South Africa's present government through taxes and "charities." But the company's refusal to provide information necessary to evaluate its beneficence suggests that this is probably not the case, and the ACSR and Corporation were quite properly skeptical...
...Dobzhansky, the merits of making educational opportunity more nearly equal outweigh the possible dangers. But, that does not mean sending everyone to the same kind of school. Any inherited trait, he emphasizes, can be enhanced or stunted by upbringing or training. Different people, carrying different genetic endowments, should have different environments in order for their talents to blossom. "A potential musical virtuoso is denied opportunity to develop his powers if he is prevented from entering a conservatory of music and is obliged instead to undergo the same training as, for example, future engineers...
...bootleg trade is not merely its illegality, or its size, but the fact that it involves a wholesale destruction of knowledge about the past. The traditional excuse of collectors-museums as well as private individuals-has been that the way a vase or a bronze is acquired cannot outweigh the benefits of having it on display to the public...
...quotas too? And what of the groups that have never been subject to official and governmental discrimination but who do poorly under our present system--Poles, Italians, and others? Will they not raise claims too under quota admissions or hiring? The political costs and dangers of introducing quotas far outweigh the benefits, for the country as a whole and for almost every individual group...