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...years ago, with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences running an operating deficit, the Corporation wanted a fundraiser. And so, the capital campaign became the chief duty of President Neil L. Rudenstine. Derek C. Bok, Rudenstine’s predecessor, was charged at the outset with healing a wounded campus fragmented by the turbulent protest years of 1968-69. And with the selection of Nathan M. Pusey ’28 in 1953, Harvard consciously sought a president who would spend less time in the national spotlight, while defending the University from McCarthy-era attacks...
Like McMillan, Harvard Square Defense Fund President Ginny Nathans is willing to embrace Iftakar’s new establishment if it does not repeat the sins of its pizza joint predecessor...
...first acts of Arroyo's new administration in the Philippines was to persuade the two largest mobile-network operators, Smart Communications and Globe Telecom, to block "malicious, profane and obscene" texting, a move that would make a text-messaging revolt like the one that unseated her predecessor more difficult. To censor chat rooms, Beijing has adopted broad guidelines that ban content that "is against the national constitution, endangers state security, reveals state secrets, sabotages unity among ethnic groups and spreads heretical ideas." In Britain, laws against terrorism now cover actions that "seriously interfere with or seriously disrupt an electronic system...
...disgrace of the Crimson's '49 season forced Coach Art Volpey to pick up stakes and head out, leaving the spot open for Lloyd Jordan who would fail to eclipse his predecessor's win total of one from the previous season...
...Since its first days, the Bush White House has elicited shouts of protest from environmental activists, who complain the President is looking out for business interests at the expense of the nation?s natural resources. Bush has raised a skeptical eyebrow at many of his predecessor?s sweeping, last minute edicts aimed at protecting national wildlife and parklands - and has indicated he is open to the idea of drilling in Alaska and Florida?s protected lands. He has also weathered protest over his willingness to loosen arsenic standards in drinking water...