Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Koocher says he is quitting after 12 years on the committee to spend more time time with his children, Rebecca and David. Koocher, who works for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, says he will continue to write on social security, medicare, and health policy issues...
Trust-busting: "HSA is an inefficient conglomeration of student businesses which hides behind the shield of a Harvard-enforced monopoly while it enjoys the luxuries and benefits of the Harvard name...
...direct answer to this question is that there is no answer, that in fact we are watching the answer unfold. Sometimes Harvard groups and Harvard itself claim the mantle of "universityhood" to legitimize, even to shield, an action or a stand. Sometimes Harvard groups or individuals feel forced to justify an action with non-political reasoning ("he's unworthy," "it's a moral stand"). Sometimes blatantly political terms are used to justify action. But no one, except possibly Derek Bok, has seriously tried to untangle this massive web of conflicting arguments...
...members of our community do not seem prepared to relinquish their scholarly claim to independence as they push for increased Harvard interaction with the community. It appears that many Harvard members believe you can have your cake and eat it, too, as long as you shelter behind the protective shield of veritas...
...maintain a monopoly. (Soviet Leader Mikhail) Gorbachev said almost as much in Paris. He said we have quite enough arms competition on the ground, and we do not want to have it in space. The President is aware that it could be destabilizing if you give one side a shield that the other could not penetrate, and therefore that side would be safe to launch a war behind it. He has said that if we find that we can do this, before we deploy we would share it with the world. What kind of world would...