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Arsenal of Hypocrisy Dept: The Liberal Boutique has some rare, albeit conditional praise for the Bush Administration. Executive branch officials belatedly acknowledged yesterday that the Nicaraguan contras are guilty of human rights abuses, including torturing and raping civilians. Bush, however, still supports his favorite terrorist group.
President Derek C. Bok ate dinner with residents of Stoughton North this week. He had only praise for the Union food, but the dinner was not without trauma. As he bent down to pick up a salad bowl on the floor, he bumped his tray, spilling milk all over." As...
PRESIDENT Derek C. Bok deserves praise for his decision last week to appoint Professor of Government Robert D. Putnam as new Dean of the Kennedy School of Government. The decision shows the president's commitment to redefine the mission of the school.
PUTNAM'S appointment should change all that. Colleagues from the Government Department praise Putnam's commitment to moral integrity. "His most outstanding characteristic is his intense interest in doing what is right and what is fair," said Littauer Professor of Political Economy Thomas C. Schelling.
In addition, Putnam's work in the Government Department demonstrates his ability to address and correct for the lack of minority faculty. Bok and others praise Putnam's energetic efforts to recruit minority faculty, and Kennedy School Student Government leaders reacted favorably to Putnam's recent speech in which he...