Word: processes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard believe it, and are comfortable in it. Three-and-a-half years ago Henry Rosovsky introduced himself to the Class of '79 in Sanders Theater with the reassuring thought that "the process of change at Harvard moves with glacial speed." We accepted that, partly because it was 9 in the morning and still Freshman Week, and partly because it was spoken with such a calm assurance--the easy arrogance of the truth...
...instance, completely justified by its own lights when it accepted $1 million from the Engelhard Foundation, when it thwarted the efforts of clerical workers in the Medical Are to form a union, and when it set up a committee to punish student activists without regard to due process. These were the actions of men and women who have set up their own priorities, their own ethical standards, to cope with their own peculiar situations as august members of a massive bureaucratic institution...
...shortcomings of the Camp David accords: I would have preferred some effort that would bring others into the peace process. We still think that it is the only way in which a true peace is likely to come about. Perhaps we should return to the Security Council or ask for a reconvening of the Geneva Conference. Certainly the situation has changed since Camp David, but from our point of view there is no progress. As for linkage [between an Egyptian-Israeli treaty and negotiations for the West Bank and Gaza], the two agreements would be too unbalanced, one with...
...question of who gets the kids: joint custody by both parents. Six Texas fathers and a group called Fathers for Equal Rights have brought a class-action suit against all the district court judges in the state, arguing that the denial of joint custody violates the principle of due process. A decision in the case, first of its kind to go to trial, could come at any time. Oregon, Iowa, Wisconsin and North Carolina have laws authorizing joint custody, and a dozen other states, including New York, Michigan, Connecticut and California, are considering bills that would require judges to start...
Quite by happenstance, Merrick then came to the benign attention of Dr. Frederick Treves, a gifted anatomist at London Hospital who eventually became personal surgeon to Queen Victoria. Private quarters were set aside for Merrick at the hospital, and with infinite patience but genteel reserve, Treves embarked on a process of Victorian social engineering. In a sense it is the education of a noble savage, but here an ironic ambiguity begins to bite into the play. For who, precisely, is noble and who is savage? At one point, when two hospital orderlies are sacked for gaping at Merrick, he asks...