Word: procession
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gates' talk, one could hear both the confidence of Black literary criticism and the doubts which have accompanied its rise in the field of Afro-American studies. For while Black studies is increasingly moving towards literature and away from history, some scholars worry that in the process, the political relevancy of the field may be diminshed...
...whatever the fate of individual departments of Afro-American Studies, scholars say the dramatic recent shift in the field has given new life to Black Studies as an academic discipline. The question that remains is whether the soul of the field will be lost in the process...
...loans taken out by companies are tax-deductable, the economy, since leveraged buyouts have caused the level of business debt to double to more than $1.8 trillion in the past five years, the company employees who are often either laid off or uprooted across the country by the restructuring process, and the consumers, who don't get new products at better prices, but the same products at higher prices because a hostilely-bought company has to use all available funds to pay off billions in debt rather than research and marketing. But gee, leveraged buyouts sure make money...
...control over the decision of KKR to take over RJR and claimed that it could not back out of the deal. The Commonwealth of Massachussetts pension fund, which had also originally committed funds to KKR's limited partnership, pulled out because it did not approve of the hostile takeover process or RJR's connections to South Africa. Harvard's administrators, however, saw nothing wrong with donating University resources to this scheme...
...glad that Harvard's admissions policy for Asian Americans is being scrutinized by the Department of Education. This investigation will clarify and eliminate the myths about Harvard's admissions process for many more people and urge Harvard to continually improve its admissions system. Hopefully, the findings of this inquiry will persuade other colleges across the country to follow Harvard's policy Asian American admissions. Mark H.F. Kuo '90 Eva Lum '89 Co-presidents, Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association