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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that in a University-wide campaign,"all the faculty at the University have anopportunity to present what they are trying toachieve to the whole of Harvard alumni...AUniversity-wide fund drive holds up a largervision to people...
According to Michael K. Flagherty, a leader of the student group that opposed the policy, no students were present when the committee passed the speech-limiting policy...
...most startling symptom of dovishness came from the Pentagon, in the just-released 1989 edition of Soviet Military Power. In the past, the Defense Department has used its annual threat assessment to present the latest scary examples of Soviet high-tech weaponry. This year's version features a cover photo of Soviet soldiers in retreat from Afghanistan under the headline "Prospects for Change." The report concludes, "Today the likelihood of conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is perhaps as low as it has been at any time in the postwar era." Admiral William Crowe, who retired last week...
...creations are less likely to cause confusion the further one gets from hard news -- and from the present day. The old CBS News series You Are There ^ used actors to dramatize historical events and did no permanent harm to the Republic. CBS's new series Rescue 911, which features re-enactments of hairbreadth rescue missions, is quite entertaining and probably harmless. In general, however, the technique's proliferation is fudging the line between news and entertainment, and news is the loser...
Initially the amendment, a much tougher proposal passed late Tuesday night withonly a handful of senators present, requiredcolleges to prohibit alcohol companies frompromoting products, sponsoring campus events oradvertising in campus newspapers altogether...