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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's people are closely watching the floundering campaign of Sen. Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.), who got off to a late start and for whom anything less than third place in either state could spell disaster. A poor showing by Baker would excite Bush; the former ambassador hopes to knock his main moderate challenger out of the race early, Butler says...
...This is the first time corporations in South Africa have publicly recognized their responsibility to react to the social situation in South Africa," he says. But "the fight will not end with these principles," he says, adding "they must not be used as a camouflage for corporate activity" or spell the end of corporate efforts to help black South Africans. "I will not allow the corporations to endorse the principles and then hide behind them--their responsibilities to black South Africans must go well beyond these principles...
...None of the people from Minnesota could figure out why I wanted to got to Harvard--I just told them I could spell," the Economics major recalls. "In the Midwest Harvard is a myth--it doesn't really exist...
...President did not attempt to spell out the new Selective Service procedures. He did not say whether the registration would involve only 18-to 26-year-olds, as during the Viet Nam era. Everyone in the age group would have to register. Administration officials did say that individuals would be able to sign up by going to a local post office and filling out a "simple form." No draft cards would be issued, no classifications would be made, no physical exams required...
...callously toward the community it dominates. I saw it refuse to accept moral responsibility for its actions. I saw it deny some students intellectual excitement and emotional aid, and deny all of them a voice in shaping their experience here. Most people come here believing that Harvard's spell of greatness is genuine. The bitterness, alienation or resignation of many students measures their belief in that ideal. It is growing ever harder to believe that exposing flaws in this University or any other institution will prod people to consider changing them. And Harvard is doing its part to convince students...