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Gulf Oil has long been a thorn in the University's side. In 1972, students took over Mass Hall for several days to protest Harvard's shares in the company, which was then supporting the Portuguese colonial regime in Angola...
...Tareq Y. Ismael asserts in The Arab Left that one contributory element to this political polarization is the United States' refusal to recognize the aims and determination of the Palestinians. This is coupled with Washington's continued support for conservative Arab regimes. The tenacity of such regimes, the festering thorn of Israeli occupation, and American policy towards the Middle East in general have all fostered the growth of Arab leftist movements which are becoming more intransigent and more hostile towards the West every day. Thus, Ismael implies that American concern for stability and peace in the area should be matched...
...biggest thorn in the Harvard team's side--which insists it is not a Radcliffe group--was the continued absence of star swimmer Maura Costin. Costin, suffering from the back and shoulder problems that kept her in the hospital over intersession, lent moral support from the sidelines, but could not lend physical support in the pool...
Along with its boycott, most Faculty members and administrators would much rather see the CRR die as a student issue. The Committee is often viewed as merely a thorn in the administration's side that with time and a local form of "benign neglect" will fade. There is also very little sentiment among Faculty members to change the CRR, and even less to spend time at Faculty meetings discussing...
Students have been unified in all policy decisions and "we've been a thorn in the side of the faculty," he added...