Word: symposium
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Perhaps indicative of modern Japanese attitudes is a question posed by a member of the Japanese contingent to a Smithsonian Institution symposium on the ethics of whaling. The representative asked how a whale differed from a mosquito, not to argue that both should receive protection but that both are expendable. "The Japanese don't seem to accept the concept of sustainable development," contends conservationist McManus, "((the idea)) that there can be a middle ground between total exploitation or total protection...
...exchange took place during a Harvard 35th reunion symposium yesterday featuring five prominent graduates from the class...
Although the symposium was titled "Free Speech and the First Amendment," the five journalists and politicians spent the hour-and-a-half chatting about current events in a discussion moderated by Bromley Professor of Law Arthur R. Miller...
...symposium was informal, and the alumni interjected jokes into the conversation, which spanned the protests in China, elections in Poland, the resignation of House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tx.) and the Iran-Contra affair...
...homogenous crowd at Sanders Theater proved more than casually interested in Harvard's increased student diversity over the last 25 years, throwing back questions on minority and women's issues to Harvard President Derek C. Bok and Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, the symposium leaders...