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...Academy, inanswer to the critics, have tried to make a casethat "ambiguity" is inherent in the socialsciences. For example, an anonymous member ofClass V told the Harvard Crimson reporter(13 March) that the critiques of Huntington's workas pseudo-science by hard scientists in theAcademy reflect their psychological inability toaccept ambiguity. "I don't know that any socialscientist would meet their standards. They arepsychologically angered by it. They are people whowant certainty," the member is quoted as saying."They have no tolerance for ambiguity." Whoeverthe member was, his statement is very similar tothe statement by Seymour Martin Lipset, that "tobe...
Another shortcoming of colleges anduniversities, Bennett says, is their failure toaccept responsibility for the moral education oftheir students...
...Faculty's steering committee voted toaccept the report on Wednesday, and Dean of theFaculty A. Michael Spence now will determine howto proceed with the report's recommendations,Faculty Secretary John R. Marquand said
...church's development director also saysthat the Archdiocese will have to carefully weighwhat kind of contrast there is between a profitand non-profit proposal. "If Mrs. Kiely has awonderful proposal, and the alternative issomething the community is very much against," hesays, then the Archdiocese might be tempted toaccept a bid that was not quite as lucrative asone from a profit-oriented development...
Harvard is the largest single landlord in Cambridge. Most of the University's housing stock is concentrated in prime buildings surroundingthe Square Jim Tarry, another Tenant, said the group is willing toaccept an apartment in a non-Harvard owned building, but the few shown were a drastic departure from their current standard of living...