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...said vaguely, they "will remain a part of the South African nation, are South African citizens, and should be accommodated within political institutions within the boundaries of the Republic of South Africa." The President also dashed expectations of breakthrough reform surrounding South Africa's influx controls, the laws that restrict the right of blacks to live in urban areas. Botha said only that "the present system is outdated and too costly," and that the advisory President's Council would report on the laws "in the near future...
...agreement with Harvard came a month after the city reached its first formal PILOT agreement with MIT. MIT increased its voluntary payment to $1.5 million with a 2.5 percent annual increase for the next 40 years. MIT also agreed to restrict the amount of its commercial property that can be converted to tax-exempt...
...just plain reluctance. While most groups are open to anyone on campus, sometimes they can become overly self-selective. The sad result can be a set of firm boundaries with little interaction between people that might have interests in common. Meanwhile, final clubs and art groups tend to restrict their membership along lines that often seem arbitrary, turning community- and art-making into a competitive social sport. But campus groups and Harvard itself need not give up their high standards to give up elitism or unnecessary selectivity. All we need to do is consider how high our standards...
Some form of human embryonic-stem-cell research remains technically legal in almost every state. Only South Dakota bans it altogether, and most states simply have no relevant legislation. Seven states restrict research--including Michigan, which prohibits it on live embryos, making any cutting-edge work all but impossible, and Louisiana, which specifically protects embryos created by in vitro fertilization. A handful of states, including Pennsylvania and Nebraska, do not allow public funding...
Quite simply, there was no good reason to restrict mailing lists to unofficial groups before. HCS members have said that the technical limitations vanished long ago, but that they thought the administration would not allow anyone but official groups to have mailing lists. This is something administrators should have addressed long ago, as it is an easy and painless way to improve and facilitate student interaction...