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...real obstacle to German reunification lies with the Soviet Union, where a prolonged discussion of Germany is likely to stir up latent anti-German sentiment and a fear of neo-Nazism. Officially, the Soviets are civil, but determinedly dead-set against reunification. Nikolai Portugalov, a Soviet expert on Germany, explained the Soviet stance to the Boston Globe last week. "The present geopolitical conditions in Europe," he said with Kruschev-like bluntness, "cannot tolerate a German confederation...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Reunification Primer | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...think it was a mistake to begin with...to set up a special list" of groups qualified for affirmative action, Glazer said. "It was certainly a mistake to extend it beyond Blacks...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Defining `Minority' | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Speaking at a forum entitled "Are We Minorities?", sponsored by the Harvard/Radcliffe Asian-American Association (AAA), Professor of Education and Social Structure Nathan Glazer said that programs set up in the 1960s as an aid to Blacks should not apply to other minority groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof Redefines Asian Status | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...Quad, home of three Harvard houses and at least two student artists with a penchant for landscape art, is now the resting place for 100 bales of hay, stacked to form a set of sculptures reminiscent of ancient ruins--columns, building outlines, paths and gates...

Author: By Francesca E. Bignami, | Title: The Quad Hits the Hay: 100 Bales Become Art | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...past the Quad has been the object of a variety of landscape experiments. Two years ago, a Harvard artist set up half-buried, colored picnic tables. Last year, one artist suggested painting portions of the Quad's grass bright orange, but the plan drew widespread opposition and was never executed...

Author: By Francesca E. Bignami, | Title: The Quad Hits the Hay: 100 Bales Become Art | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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