Word: questioningly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stephen V.R. Winthrop '80, former chairman of the assembly, said last night he has collected more than 200 petition signatures asking the assembly to hold a binding referendum that could ban students who are members of Harvard political parties from running for election to the assembly. The referendum question passed by the assembly last night is non-binding and would not ban political parties in the assembly. If 640 students--one-tenth of the undergraduate student body--sign Winthrop's petition, the assembly is required by a clause in its constitution to place the binding question on the referendum...
...your article "Surprise and Confusion" you state, "In ways not yet fully clear, the sight of Iran reduced to anarchy has brought into question Washington's ability and determination to support its allies and to assert what the nation stands for." And just what does this nation stand for? Is it self-determination by the majority of a people, or continued American economic and military hegemony over the "free" world...
...question may be answered within a couple of years by the U.S. Congress, acting on recommendations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Meanwhile, three downbound boats, led by U.S. Steel's Roger M. Blough (named for the company's former chief), plough past, distant shapes blurred by a sudden snow squall. The Blough is 858 ft. long and very efficient at lugging a payload of taconite pellets in a straight line. Negotiating the harrowing turns of the ice-clogged shipping channel, though, is not the strong suit of the Blough or of any lengthy ore carrier. Shepherding...
...answered the question with a qualified no, saying Harvard imperils its academic independence in taking up arms for moral or political causes...
...magazine deals with the question of whether scientists should promote research for its own sake without especially taking into account the greater good of society...