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Such flipness has resulted in "a 24-hour stakeout on John Silber's mouth," in the words of media analyst Ralph Whitehead. The watch often pays off. Who else calls the Boston School Committee "otiose" or academic opponents "pismires" (derived from a Scandinavian term for urinating ants)? During his campaign, Silber declared that a person can live with alcohol abuse and still achieve at a high level, likened the oratory technique of Jesse Jackson to that of Adolf Hitler and asserted that "the racism of Jews is quite phenomenal." He told reporters early in the campaign, "I know...
Until this week, the divestment issue seemed dead as far as the Board of Overseers was concerned. Both Bok and Overseers President John C. Whitehead had said repeatedly that the question was decided, and that the Board should tend to other business...
...Whitehead himself said that "if Tutu would like discussion, I am sure there will be discussion. And maybe by that time, there will be changes that cause Harvard's policy to change...the general idea was to watch and wait...
...Given Whitehead's position as chair of the Overseers' Executive Committee--which sets the Board's agenda--it seemed as if Tutu's assessment was correct, and that divestment would again be a major issue for the Board...
...Board of Overseers President John C. Whitehead, discussing the prospect of renewed discussion of divestment by the Board...