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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turned out that the Vietnamese had been subjected to as much as five hours daily of "thought reform." The prisoners were divided into groups of eight, which were isolated from each other except at recreation periods when conversation was forbidden. Despite the massive indoctrination, only a handful of impressionable young recruits were willing to denounce Viet Nam openly as the "aggressor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Battle of Words Continues | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...that the South Africa government's policy of apartheid is abhorrent--and feigns a deep concern about American corporate support of the South African status quo. At the same time, however, it advises Harvard to do as littlehas possible to pressure companies in which the University owns stock to reform their employment policies, and less to withdraw from the country entirely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pen Pals | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...MOST recent report to the Harvard Corporation, the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) recommended that the University continue its role as the pen pal of corporate managers, writing "forcefully worded" letters to persuade reluctant corporations to confess their sins and reform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pen Pals | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...program health is the demand for places in our student body. While many planning schools have suffered in recent years from declining applications, our own are up by 50 per cent since 1975 and by more than 350 per cent since the early 1970's when major curricular reform began. It appears that satisfied graduates and employers have spread the word that Harvard provides high quality education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Planners React | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

...lieu of increased production in the sense U.N. officials advocate, Lappe and Collins advocate rural reform on a world-wide scale. In "What Does Food Self-Reliance Mean?" they propose conscious planning of economic self-reliance of the less developed world. Whether we accept this argument or not, the fact remains that a "food crisis" still "threatens millions." U.N. officials agree with Lappe and Collins: food is not getting to many, many people...

Author: By Priscilla Hart, | Title: The Press and Hunger: Why Is It Ignored? | 4/4/1979 | See Source »

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