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...their opinions, it must not--except in very rare cases--take institutional moral positions. To do so, Bok warns, is to force the University (1) to open itself up to outside unwanted pressures; (2) to try and develop standards of moral behavior which are virtually impossible to develop and threaten to become obsolete orthodoxies; and (3) to put the University's academic reputation on the line. Though Bok seriously doubts the University's ability to reform society in any way outside of academic discoveries--"rarely will the institutional acts of a single university have any substantial possibility of putting...
Worthington said, "There's such a thing as nuclear overkill--no matter how much they threaten, after a certain level, building becomes ludicrous and wasteful...
...major decrease in gown orders would cause serious financial problems for the company, Harden said yesterday, adding that the magnitude of the effect would depend on the extent of the boycott. Harden added that the boycott will not threaten the existence of the company...
Shah considers himself, first and foremost, a realist. He argues that advanced Western nations grant liberties which would threaten the stability of an impoverished Third World country like Nepal. With an annual income of $110 per capita and a literacy rate of 18 per cent, Nepal is undergoing development at an unprecedented, albeit glacial rate. The mountainous terrain--Nepal, home of Mounts Everest and Annapurna, is flanked entirely by the Himalayas--provides for poor communications, medical services and transportation of the agricultural goods produced by 90 per cent of the workforce. Shah denies that the mere infusion...
Their fury showed clearly in the New York and Connecticut Democratic primaries, which Carter unexpectedly lost to Ted Kennedy. The defeats did not seriously threaten Carter's 2-to-l lead in delegates so far selected for the Democratic nominating convention in August, but they did indicate the depth of the national dissatisfaction with the President. That mood had many causes, both foreign and domestic. But one theme rang clear among the voters who were interviewed as they left the polling booths: about half believed that they were worse off financially than they had been a year earlier...