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Although we oppose the censorship supported in the ordinance, the referendum should be put before voters for consideration. The referendum process can provide valuable recourse against a stubborn legislative body and constitutes an important check against elected officials' sometimes patronizing behavior. An anti-pornography campaign would also focus national attention on freedom of speech issues and the exploitation of human beings...
...Embarrassing as that case must have been to all concerned, another of several suits brought by Paolo against his father has attracted an opponent more stubborn than any grudging relative: the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Paolo alleged that Aldo evaded substantial U.S. corporate and income taxes by squirreling away company funds in a series of overseas front operations. That accusation has sparked an IRS investigation that may prove to be more damaging than any quarrel within the House of Gucci...
Every thoughtful person has been gripped by the recent events in South Africa. The widespread violence, the mass arrests following the declaration of a state of emergency, and the stubborn refusal of the Botha government to extend full political rights to the black South African majority have deeply troubled individuals and institutions everywhere and made them consider how they should respond to such cruelty and repression. Here at Harvard, within the next two weeks, the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility will issue a progress report and reply to several recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility will issue...
...dean of the College, Fox earned a reputation as a tough and sometimes stubborn administrator. He lacked complete authority over the House masters and engaged in more than a few policy disputes with them, but he successfully implemented the residential system to which his name quickly became attached. The "Fox Plan" made the Yard the exclusive domain of freshmen and cleared the 12 residential Houses for upperclassmen only...
Despite their attempt squash this militancy, the SASC/DSA leadership were dragged, like stubborn burros, into the protest, trying their best all the while to neutralize it. But students didn't respond to their calls to debate Hoppenstein or to form "three committees" to help dissolve the blockade...