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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wanted to present a balanced view of Connally's proposed policy for the Middle East. I think you would have to make some mention of United Nations Resolution No. 242. Richard Partridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Balanced View | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...Damara and some Hottentots in Africa, for example) who possess words only for numbers up to three, every larger quantity being simply expressed as "many." A fascination with the multiplicity of things, together with a quenchless scientific yen, pushed the main body of mankind, however, inevitably into its present plight-a time when so many stunning measurements are bandied about that numbers plunge in and out of the brain more like galaxies than pigeons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Getting Dizzy by the Numbers | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Racism has been an ever-present issue among blacks (and other Third World groups) on this campus. Although we all realize that prejudice is strong beyond our "ivy walls," our efforts have been to change the attitudes on campus rather than those of society. We feel the need to disprove those individuals at Harvard who feel we are inferior in intellect. However, I think that this important campus-wide struggle tends to cloud the real obstacles to achieving equal status. To the racist the supposed intellectual inferiority sometimes attributed to blacks is justification for discrimination. It came as a shocking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Question of Credibility | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

James Henderson '80, a student CUE member this year and last, recalls last year "some faculty members rarely ever showed." Often Bowersock was the only faculty representative present. Willa Brown '81, a CUE member last year, says she can't remember "a time when all five faculty members have been there...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The Missing CUE | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...persuasively a CUE student member defends a student proposal--such as the recommendation last year to expand credit for study abroad--all decisions ultimately rest with the Faculty Council, and no student is allowed to participate in Council discussions. With Bowersock's permission, a CUE student member may present his case to the Faculty Council, but he must leave before the Council begins debate...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The Missing CUE | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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