Word: wilson
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Others, however, allow that the lines along which professors divided could be legitimately labeled "conservative" and "liberal" in the context of the time. James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, says the emergence of the caucuses--both liberal and conservative--was basically a healthy, even necessary, development. "It made debate more manageable by providing a forum for the essential conduct of Faculty business," he says...
...Wilson, a prominent member of the conservative caucus, recalls that the group's aim was not specifically to bolster the University administration. Its objective, he and other participants say, was "to keep the University do-politicized"--an aim that--in view of the political nature of any caucus--even the late Robert G. McClosky, professor of Government and leader of the caucus, admitted was somewhat "paradoxical...
According to Cleveland State University Psychologist John Wilson, the problems are particularly acute among those who saw combat duty. Using a sample of Cleveland-area veterans, he found that of those who served in battle zones, 48% of the blacks and 39% of the whites are now unemployed, and 31% of the blacks and 22% of the whites are now divorced...
...University's plans to expand facilities in the Medical area, and to clear the way for construction of the Kennedy School of Government, called for the demolition of thousands of University-owned housing units. The Faculty's special Committee on the University and the City, chaired by James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, called for the appointment of an administrative vice president to handle Harvard's relations with the community, but many tenants clearly wanted more concrete action...
...Wilson said yesterday, "In the Three Mile Island case, Pennsylvania declared a state of emergency without first considering how they were going to alleviate it. Massachusetts should be able to do better than that...