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While Summers was making headlines for his calls for greater patriotism in academia and his spat with Fletcher University Professor Cornel West ’71, conservative editorial pages and columnists praised signs that he was the leader who could provide a needed lesson to out- of-touch, politically correct and knee-jerkingly liberal Harvard...
...with the spat with West, several supporters said that the columnists in question jumped to conclusions. Summers maintained that the uproar was at its root a miscommunication. But, conservatives emphasized the dispute’s political nature—citing a supposed attack on affirmative action and challenge to an academically questionable department...
More timely concerns also surfaced when one alum asked Summers for his perspective on the recent spat between Summers and members of the Afro-American studies department, which was sparked by a confrontation between Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel West...
Though Appiah cited personal reasons for his departure, his exit follows a much-publicized spat between University President Lawrence H. Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 that has led to speculation that West and other members of the Afro-American studies department were considering leaving Harvard...
...encouraging its farmers to grow more of certain cash crops for export. And it has shown a willingness to play hardball over market access. Last year, after Japan slapped duties on Chinese mushrooms and leeks, Beijing retaliated with 100% tariffs on Japanese cars, cell phones and air conditioners--a spat resolved only last month. In the U.S., Chinese apple concentrate and dehydrated garlic imports have surged, and Chinese fruit and vegetable exports to other Asian nations have eroded U.S. market share...