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...these two principles are observed, the essential purposes of the University will be strengthened, not weakened. For example, in early 1968 not a single woman or black held a tenured position in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Under these circumstances, special efforts to widen our search by identifying promising women and black professors should help to improve the quality of the Faculty, since it is hard to believe that a faculty seeking the highest possible distinction would include no members who are either black or female...
...statement passed unanimously, the committee said that the Union will "spend the forthcoming week seeking to widen its support among graduate students and seeking the support of other segments of the University, especially the undergraduates...
...come into his own as a solo performer in the last few years. So they share billing now. They're just off the obligatory album with adoring white rockers, which includes Eric Clapton, whose idea of a good time lately has been playing rhythm guitar behind bluesmen looking to widen their appeal. The album's not too bad, although several of Buddy's solos come off sounding distressingly like Alvin Lee. This should be Junior's South Side Chicago Blues Band at Joe's Place, and, while that'll be closer to the real thing, if you're lucky maybe...
Angry Voter. An earlier Buchwald effort dealt with C.R.P.'s Dirty Tricks Department. One Havelock M. Honeycomb reviews a list of shady tactics, then suggests darkly that C.R.P. even hired George McGovern on the sly to make campaign blunders that would widen Nixon's victory margin. After all, says Honeycomb of McGovern, "He is short of money." Another Buchwald column dealt with Nixonian schizophrenia and featured the New Nixon (Dickey) chewing out the Old Nixon (Tricky) for the Watergate bugging, while Tricky laments: "It was the only fun I've had in four years...
...Introduction, explains why upper-middle income Harvard students in recent years have come to reject contemporary American capitalism. Harvard's historic role as the training ground for the corporate and governmental elite is receding into the background. The entering freshman comes to Harvard eager to continue expanding his intellect, widen his interests and gain more control over his own life. But he is quickly stymied, for the majority of students here are being trained to assume boring administrative jobs in rigid, bureaucratic organizations. Gone are the days when every Harvard graduate could look forward to running his own corporation...