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TOMORROW THE U.S. anti-nuclear movement takes its case to Washington D.C. A huge demonstration and a public trial of nuclear power is planned for the afternoon, and organizers hope (and half-expect) it to be the largest U.S. anti-nuclear demonstration ever. No longer content to protest individual nuclear facilities with individual anti-nuke groups, the movement has progressed to a stage of unified action to put pressure where it counts--on the government...
Roberts said the four-year-old programs aim to bring together health personnel from the public and private sectors...
...praises the Business School throughout his report for its leadership in new fields--is laying siege to the idyllic lawns and halls across the river. But the Business School administrators must not only answer Bok's criticisms with internal discussion and reform, but also try to let the public know they are responding. If they fail to, the public will have nothing to base its opinions on but its suspicions and their silence...
...been said that Harvard is only a tiny investor. But in the sphere of public opinion. Harvard is a whale, capable of generating tremendous currents for change. Harvard is a leader in curricular reform, Harvard is a leader in investment policies. A whale trying to act like an ostrich looks silly at best, and at worst, evasive. And that is the lesson we are teaching our students...
...consequences. I would have thought that in this case. Harvard ought to act on the merits of the case, without fear of retaliation. I would have thought that academic freedom would mean that the University would throw its considerable weight as an investor, as a leader of public opinion, into the field against apartheid. That is the lesson I would like to give my students...