Word: representive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many students, including some council representatives, have charged that student, faculty and alumni members may be selected because they oppose divestment or because they know little about the issues surrounding Harvard's investments. They argue that a democratic selection process would seat members who care about investment responsibility and who...
Bok has countered that a democratic selection process would make the body "political and not advisory." He has said that the group was designed only to offer varying perspectives on investment responsibility, not to represent constituencies.
The 20 or so juniors participating in the tour will represent many of top squash playing countries in the world--Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Pakistan, India, Israel, Egypt, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
It is wise for the Democrats to loosen their public ties with organized groups. But this disentanglement must be accompanied by a strong confirmation of support for the principles those groups are supposed to represent. The main thing should not be the NAACP endorsement, or putting x number of NOW...
At issue is whether Harvard is more concerned about profits than about the effect of its actions on the community. The cost to Harvard of finding a reasonable solution to this problem would be relatively small compared to the potentially devestating impact of its sales on tenants. Ten houses have...