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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member groups would be large enough to give the movement momentum. Many students felt torn in supporting the boycott, however, because they felt the issues were only loosely related in that they both concerned blacks. Students opposed to the boycott also said they believed boycotting would be a statement of support for both issues, although some students either did not support one of the issues, or felt less strongly about one than another. "Sure, I'm for divestiture, but I don't know that much about the Afro-Am Department," one student says. "Maybe it would work better...

Author: By Eileen M. Smith, | Title: Afro-American Studies: On the Threshold | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...unalterably and finally opposed to Communism,' and so far as he knows there are no communists on the Harvard faculty." Earlier, an accusation by a former Central Intelligence Agency agent forced John K. Fairbank '29, then professor of History and now Higginson Professor of History Emeritus, to issue a statement saying he had "never been a communist, nor a communist sympathizer." Denials like this were frequent, but more accusations poured out anyway...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: 25 Years of Over-Achieving | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...supported by credit information and collateral." A couple of months later, the indictment charges, LaBelle got a similar $45,000 loan. This was soon after Lance's $1 million gubernatorial campaign. Son David got a $34,530 loan from the bank the following year. Lance's financial statements at the time were "false and misleading," the indictment says. Lance prepared another financial statement in January 1977, the month he became Budget Director, which also failed to note all of his liabilities, according to the indictment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter: A Friend Is in Need | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

After Yazdi's "softening and courageous statement," as one specialist termed it, officials in Washington were confident that good relations were still possible with the government of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan. They also took heart from the fact that many of the anti-American demonstrators in Tehran last week carried placards that denounced the Soviet Union with a vitriol almost equal to that aimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Sticks and Carrots | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...Class Committee envisioned three main goals in establishing the Biko Fund. First, it allows individuals who otherwise would not have contributed to make a positive statement against University investment policy. Second, the existence and support of the Fund will be a symbol of discontent and concern over the current situation in South Africa. Third, the Fund will provide direct support for the undergraduate education of black and colored South Africans at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Support Biko Fund | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

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