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...Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) has been asked to edit a booklet detailing Administrative Board procedures before students receive the pamphlet, CLUH associate director Allan H. Erbsen '94 said yesterday...
However, his real beliefs keep peeking through. His statement last summer that he would support a grand-child who sought an abortion and that in the end it was "her choice" could have been lifted from a pro-choice pamphlet. The Bush-Quayle campaign has also dispatched Barbara Bush to give her view on abortion (that it shouldn't be a political issue) in order to pacify some pro-choice Republicans. The Bushes aren't alone in their deviousness, though...
Arguing with nature's foes isn't that easy. Timber industry executives are no dummies. They try to outsmart their opponents by claiming they're better for the environment than the environmentalists. Tisdale quotes a pamphlet issued by the Caterpillar company--manufacturer of bulldozers and cranes needed to remove the Northwest's oldest trees--as an example of this absurd attempt to fool those opposed to the clearcutting: "The Facts Say: Forests do not necessarily improve with age. Decaying stands lack the food resources animals require. Density of old stands blocks sunlight, discouraging new growth...
This bit of PR couldn't fool the most naive city-dweller. The pamphlet's first sentence reads, "It is not readily apparent to U.S. Highway 101 travelers that the logged areas all along the route are giving birth to a new generation of forests." No kidding. But it only gets better--"Although the recently logged areas will be unattractive for a time, new trees are growing rapidly." Well, not exactly. I could drive down that road every day for the rest of my life and it would still look like Mt. St. Helens had erupted in the next field...
Nelson, who said she may pursue further action,cited a Faculty of Arts and Sciences pamphlet onfree speech guidelines which was adopted in thespring...