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Constructive discussion presupposes a measure of equality among persons that, regrettably, sits uncomfortably (if at all) with Professor Mansfield's public statements. A fearless and robust discussion of affirmative action would feature vigorous disagreements and sustained criticism. Given the variety of perspectives and breadth of political commitments within the Harvard community, this would be welcome indeed. But when disagreements assume the form of ad hominem arguments by tenured faculty toward graduate students' qualifications, the discussion is no longer principled disagreement but, rather, personal attack. Without evidence or credible justification, such accusations amount to little more than ideologically-charged assaults upon...
...Mexican peso's collapse has sullied NAFTA, and makes it harder for Washington to argue the instant benefits of free trade. But the trend toward international economic interdependence is inexorable, and those who participate--some 10 million Americans owe their jobs to exports--are a natural constituency for more robust U.S. leadership...
...recipients have died from other causes, not one of the seven people known to have received transfusions of the man's tainted blood has come down with AIDS. More telling still, the donor, a sexually active homosexual, is also healthy. In fact his immune system remains as robust as if he had never tangled with HIV at all. What could explain such unexpected good fortune...
Recently he has been working to buttress his flagging influence and image: his approval ratings are in the single digits. He has, for example, made a point of treating several of his less popular appointees to highly public rebukes. He has also tried to cultivate the appearance of robust health, even challenging French President Jacques Chirac to a tennis match (Chirac doesn't play tennis and declined). These moves have been taken as early signs that Yeltsin planned to run in the presidential election next June. But with this latest incident, that possibility seems increasingly remote; even if he were...
...adds that administrators there have reached "a robust consensus that age 70 ought to be the outside retirement-age limit for all of us here...