Word: sharing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ends and costly to the University. But acts of conscience have never promised success without a price. No one would contend that by selling its South African holdings, Harvard alone could end apartheid or force corporate withdrawal from South Africa--the University simply does not control a large enough share of the stock of any single corporation. Nor would anyone pretend that a Harvard boycott of the Nestle Corporation would force Nestle to stop selling its deadly products to mothers in the Third World. It is not Harvard's moral obligation to end apartheid or save the people victimized...
...open meeting with students this April, Bok discussed how decisions are made at Harvard. Universities, he said, are not "hierarchical like armies. Power is shared widely by varying groups." He did not, however, mention the unchecked power of the Harvard Corporation--which he heads--to invest the University's endowment and to set purchasing and fundraising policies. Bok and the Corporation have been careful not to share their power on these issues despite vigorous and widespread faculty and student sentiment. He gave a clue to the reason for this autocratic stance in his second letter when he wrote that Harvard...
Cousteau's inscription: In untapped depths, he continually unveils fresh scientific marvels. Through print and film, millions share the beauty of his underwater world...
...Kain is one of the faculty members Vigier mentions with little professional planning experience. Vigier says Kain has harmed the department by bringing in junior faculty who share his outlook on city planning...
...spokesman for education is needed. Packer argues that elevating education to Cabinet status will help improve its status and visibility. "President Carter has said education has only been brought up twice in Cabinet meetings," he notes, adding that a new department would insure that educational programs got their fair share, for example, when budgetary hats are passed around. Abramowitz envisions the Secretary of Education as a "senior educational adviser to universities, helping them secure mission-oriented dollars for research and facilitating the national educational rule-making process...