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...Harvard needs to learn to listen more closely to the voices from within its own family when moral issues are raised that clearly outweigh its traditional single-minded emphasis on maximizing investment returns. JEROME GROSSMAN '38, CHESTER HARTMAN '57, PH.D '67, VICTOR W. SIDEL M.D. '57, ROBERT PAUL WOLFF '53, PH.D. '57, PETER WOOD...
...enough that we don't need supervision, I hope," he said. "I think the benefits outweigh the question of negatives...
...breaks that companies receive to locate in inner cities come to mind. Without them, companies might not invest in those neighborhoods. However well intended, these subsidies rarely produce lasting results. They may provide short-term jobs but not long-term employment. And in the end, the costs outweigh any benefits...
...have, especially for the student who perceives an administrator's persuasion as an implied threat of discipline. Bok's reply to such criticism, articulated in his 1984 "Open Letter to the Harvard Community" on free speech, is that the "possibility [of an inhibitory effect] is not sufficient to outweigh the need for officials to speak out on matters of significance to the community...
...races from governor to state representative. Opponents of the law claim its cost, estimated at $56 million, would require new taxes or cuts from other state programs like education and health care. But the benefits the law promises--cleaner, fairer elections beyond the influence of "soft money" contributors--far outweigh its price...