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...fact that sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination means that Harvard has a responsibility, under federal law, to provide an effective and fair policy and procedure to prohibit and combat sexual harassment. We do not believe that the present policy and procedure meet these criteria. We therefore call on the Faculty Council to reopen its discussion of the adequacy of Harvard's present provisions...
...David Ramsey, 25, was shot dead last year while sitting in his car. The cop, who was in plainclothes and an unmarked police van, says Ramsey tried to back into him. Although New York police regulations prohibit firing at moving vehicles, the officer was cleared by a grand jury...
...Should the A.B.A. support federal, state and local legislation to prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing and public accommodations? Lobbying for the gay rights resolution was Robert Bauman, the ultra-conservative Maryland Congressman who lost his seat in the 1980 election after he was arrested for propositioning a 16-year-old youth. Bauman, who publicly admitted his homosexuality for the first time last week, did not renew his membership in the A.B.A. several years ago because "it was getting too liberal for me." The organization was not yet liberal enough to back gay rights. The delegates defeated the proposal...
...Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan Leader Daniel Ortega Saavedra announced that his government "had decided to make a new effort to contribute to peace" and was willing to join in the multilateral regional discussions that the U.S. has sought. Ortega proposed a six-point peace plan that would prohibit arms sales to both the government and the rebels in El Salvador, as well as military aid to insurgents elsewhere in Central America...
With the arguments unresolved, the Rev. Richard McCormick, a Jesuit moral theologian at Georgetown University who endorsed last week's petition, can didly admits that he is not yet sure which approach to genetic engineering is right. He signed not to prohibit research forever but to try to encourage public debate. McCormick believes the line between removing a genetic defect and manipulating the race eugenically "is all but blurred...