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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Harvard decided to seek triple damages from investment giant Merrill Lynch earlier this month, they brought in not one, but three lawyers to help with the case...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: $135 Million Stakes: Building the Case | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

...were enraged when Dean Robert C. Clark closed the school's public interest law counseling office over the summer. Hundreds attended a rally protesting his action, and about two-thirds of the student body signed a petition calling for the school to do more to encourage its students to seek careers providing legal aid to the needy...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: `L.A. Law': An HLS Corporate Fantasy | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...August, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Tom Vautin will seek pay on a per ton basis. This means that the newspaper recycling, which actually costs the University about $30 per ton, would turn a profit of $70 perton--$100 saved on disposal costs minus $30 expenses...

Author: By Steven J. S. glick, | Title: C'mon, Change the Sheets | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

...former Socialist mayor of Burlington, Vt. spoke at Dudley House last night, calling for Americans who seek to address the concerns of the poor and working classes to vote a third party into the political mainstream...

Author: By Benjamin Dattner, | Title: Ex-Mayor Urges Political Change | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

Critics charged that the school was using city funds to subsidize homosexuality. Officials replied that they were trying to provide an education for young people who might otherwise be denied one. The school does not seek to reinforce homosexuality, although it stresses the solidarity of minorities and the contributions of gay role models. Says A. Damien Martin, co-founder of the institute: "At first most help came from straight professionals, because the gay and lesbian community was afraid that if they reached out to the young they would be considered child molesters. The greatest fear of a gay person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: Harvey Milk School | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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