Word: problem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...exactly that being urged upon today: it will divest, or vote for resolutions calling for withdrawal. The University community may suddenly find that the sale of $300 million in stock will not be as expensive as the cost of holding on to the shares. The Corporation will have no problem in depriving its investment managers of 400 corporations in which to invest. More moral, that is, more profitable investments will be found...
...COSMETIC CHANGE, the asterisk is marginally worthwhile, and certainly better than the other changes proposed. Administrators and faculty should continue to think about the sickout problem though and the larger questions it poses about a Harvard education...
Representative government on Capitol Hill is in the worst shape I have seen it in my sixteen years in the Senate. The heart of the problem is that the Senate and the House are awash in a sea of special interest campaign contributions and special interest lobbying...
...great sums of money flow from the industry spigot to persuade the public or legislators to adopt an industry solution to a problem, while in contrast, few dollars ever trickle from the consumers' faucet...
...extent of corporate political power is a serious problem and it must be acknowledged if we are to deal with it effectively. There are, however, no easy solutions. Business does have the right to get its views across. Some first steps that have suggested are federal chartering of corporations, public financing of Congressional elections and strict lobbying disclosure laws. It seems clear that something must be done. We must not allow corporations, by virtue of their special financial status, to dominate access to the media, to the electoral process and to our politicians. We must not allow the voices...