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...spring of 1980 minority students had marched on Massachusetts Hall, demanding construction of a Third World Center to provide them with a sense of community and support. Their vision drew strong criticism from faculty members, students and administrators who argued that such a center would be "separatist" and would strengthen rather than soothe racial divisions. In an attempt to resolve the issue, President Bok appointed a committee chaired by Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, to examine the whole proposal. After a summer of research and an autumn of discussion, the committee returned with its conclusions. Rejecting...
Begin had previously said that he would quit in the event of a tie vote. For one thing, a resignation might strengthen his hand. If no one could form a government, Begin could call new elections, and some polls put his Likud coalition ahead of Labor...
...building up conventional forces. If America's conventional defenses were stronger, they would constitute a more credible deterrent to Soviet aggression, thereby reducing U.S. reli ance on a nuclear last resort. A case can be made that the politically difficult decision of reinstituting the draft would do more to strengthen American defense posture?and hence to diminish the danger of war?than the MX supermissile and the B-l bomber programs combined...
...proponents also believe funding of the government via a $10 term bill fee will also increase the government's effectiveness Distribution of most of the funds to campus organizations and the ability to publicize will strengthen support for the council, advocates...
...responsibility to support and to strengthen this international institution was eloquently stated by President Roosevelt in his last speech before a joint session of Congress on March 1 1945. Roosevelt was making a plea of support for the United Nations Conference which was soon to convene in San Francisco: "No plan is perfect. Whatever is adopted at San Francisco will doubtless have to be amended time and again over the years, just as our own Constitution has been. No one can say exactly how long any plan will last. Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon...