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...agreeing to host the week-long conference organized by the U.S.-based Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, the / Soviets sent a clear signal that they want to join the worldwide crusade to save the planet. Throughout the meeting, Soviet officials made an unabashed plea for more technological help from other countries in the battle against pollution. Said Mikhail Gorbachev in a speech to the conference: "The time is ripe to set up an international mechanism for technological cooperation on environmental protection." The need for a Soviet cleanup could hardly be more urgent. According to Alexei...
...perhaps fitting that the biggest event of the decade was the ostentatious party Harvard threw for itself on the occasion of its 350th birthday in 1986. Prince Charles and luminaries of all stripes were on hand for the week-long festivities in September, as were angry protesters, who disrupted a black-tie dinner for big donors to call attention to Harvard's investments in South Africa...
Last night's panel discussion, which was titled "Harvard's Impact on the Environment," was sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists as part of a week-long environmental awareness program involving 275 colleges and universities across the country...
...other hand, many Cambridge residents saythe week-long vote count is one of the things theylike best about...
Later that month, College administrators barraged the campus with publicity for a week-long program addressing racial awareness and "racism among the well-intentioned...