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...apparel industry left in this country. Hundreds of thousands of poorly educated Americans could be cut off from the American dream of being able to improve their living standards." But protectionism aimed at Latin America could be particularly dangerous. Two of the biggest apparel exporters, Mexico and Argentina, owe U.S. banks nearly $35 billion. "If we protect our markets against their goods," says Harvard Economics Professor Richard Cooper, "Latin American countries would have an excuse to repudiate their debts." That could trigger a worldwide banking crisis...
...have the greatest respect for Professor Klein as a scholar, a teacher, and as a courageous individual. She has played a critical role in my education here at Harvard and I owe her a great deal. I am heartened by reports that the Government Department may reconsider her case next year. I urge the Department to do so and I commend the Radcliffe Union of Students who have pledged to fight to retain this dedicated teacher and to continue to press for equitable treatment for the few women in professional positions at Harvard-Radcliffe...
...into effect. Once the repeal gets out of committee, it is likely to pass easily. Whether Reagan would veto the compromise remained in doubt, but he blasted the Senate action as "quite a triumph for the people who are not paying the taxes they fairly owe." Dole and a few House Democrats have threatened that they may seek new taxes on banks to make up for any revenue lost by a withholding repeal. Said Dole: "I wouldn't break out the champagne yet if I were a banker...
...University's policies and follow decisions of this kind with interest. I am not alone in my belief that your department has made a serious, mistake in not promoting Ethel Klein. By this decision, Harvard students have been deprived of a very effective, very committed and caring teacher. You owe the Harvard community an explanation. And given the University's demonstrated lack of commitment to increasing the number of women on its faculty and its hostility to women's studies, be prepared to have that explanation scrutinized very closely. Jill Harris '80 New York University Law School
...Harvard owes us a voice in the way our money is used. Until the Corporation listens to student protest and divests from its holdings in South Africa there is no reason for us to become personally complicit by contributing to apartheid. As long as the President and Fellows ignore us, we will owe them nothing...