Word: smith
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Africa's newest black-led nation, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, officially came into being last week, and 88 years of white rule ended. At midnight on May 31, power passed quietly and without fanfare from outgoing Prime Minister Ian Smith, who had guided Rhodesia's white minority regime for more than 15 years, to Bishop Abel Muzorewa, who will lead a black majority government in which whites have retained substantial powers...
...publicity through their petitions, President Bok arranged with the Student Assembly for an open discussion on University issues. On the topic of Afro-American Studies, Bok said he has been unable to attract well-qualified candidates for tenured positions because the department suffers from a reputation for controversy. Mark Smith '72, the SASC spokesman at the Kennedy School of Government opening in the fall of 1978, responded to Bok at that meeting that the University's consistent lack of support for the department has made it an "anathema" to many qualified professors...
...Crimson constantly outshone its opponents but failed to put the ball in the net in crucial situations. Freshman Pete Walsh (goalkeeper) and Mauro Keller-Sarmiento (right wing) showed immense potential, and captain Jim Langton together with veteran Michael Smith performed well; but something was missing from Coach George Ford's team: an offense. Leading scorer Walter Diaz's goal total was down by nine from the year before. The Crimson went for more than three games without a goal at one point...
Kennedy dispelled the tension by assuring the crowd he and his family would stay to hear a spokesman chosen by the demonstrators. Mark Smith '72-4, the spokesman, said "the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress...
Nobody left after the closing prayer. They stayed to hear Mark Smith '72-4 charge the K-School administrators with violating a moral obligation by honoring a man whose actions contradicted the philosophy of a school of public affairs. The protesters demanded that the K-School renounce its agreement with the Engelhard Foundation and return the $1 million gift. Students argued that since the University would probably not name a library after Adolf Hitler, it should not dedicate one to Engelhard...