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...WEAL brief seeks to rebut a series of points made by Jackson in his progress report. The group contends...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: New WEAL Brief Criticizes K-School | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...flounder along, co-sponsoring speeches and the like but never becoming significant enough to outgrow the single office it maintains in University Hall. Third World students and white students show no real interest, but the Foundation offers a ready excuse for those members of the community who wish to rebut the notion that Harvard does nothing for its minorities. The presence of the Foundation furnishes a convenient excuse for those of this ilk to shunt aside minority concerns and avoid confronting the issue head...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A Foundation Primer | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...superintendent at 18-20 Ware St. learned in a letter that he had lost his job for, among other offenses, "intoxication"--a charge he was never given a chance to rebut and a charge that most residents of his building told Harvard Real Estate (HRE) officials was unfounded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Causes Celebres | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...superintendent at 18-20 Ware St. learned in a letter that he had lost his job for, among other offenses, "intoxication"--a charge he was never given a chance to rebut and a charge that most residents of his building told Harvard Real Estate (HRE) officials was unfounded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Causes Celebres | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

Well aware of the Senate criticism of the impending SALT agreement, both officials took pains to rebut charges that the U.S. is becoming a second-rate power. Said Vance: "The distorted proposition being advanced by some that America is in a period of decline in the world is not only wrong as a matter of fact but dangerous as a basis for policy." If the U.S. shies away from military intervention abroad, he said, that is a sign not of weakness but of a mature recognition that "our military forces cannot provide a satisfactory answer to the purely internal problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Guiding Change | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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