Word: woman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about time. After 339 years of being an all-male board, the Harvard Corporation finally has a woman member. Judith Richards Hope, a prominent Republican and Washington attorney, was appointed last week to replace Andrew Heiskell, who announced his intention to retire three years...
...appointment is a signal to women that they are finally beginning to have an equal share in the operation of the University. In the past, The Crimson has called for a woman to be appointed to the seven-member Corporation, which meets every two weeks to make the ultimate decisions on University policy. We commend the University for selecting a woman and for making gender a key consideration during the search...
DESPITE this, the appointment of a woman is a step in the right direction. Hope may still have a larger impact on the University than most observers predict. Because she has not officially taken a stand on the issues facing the University, perhaps she will be open to varying points of view, and will be able to bring different views before the Corporation...
...sticking behind me, George. A while ago, I almost believed those press reports that you didn't think I had the discipline to manage Pentagon reform after I rammed Ron's defense buildup through the Senate. You know, George, if the stink about my seeing that Russian woman down in Houston taught me anything, it's that sometimes it's better to have a little restraint, even if it means turning down a piece...
...world because of the circumstances of the crime and her conduct as a prisoner. Despite pleas that her sentence be commuted so she could continue her Christian counseling work with fellow prisoners, she was put to death that November. It was commonly believed that failing to execute the woman would have had dire political consequences for Hunt in the race he lost anyway. When Ed Koch ran for mayor of New York City in the Democratic primary against Mario Cuomo in 1977, the cutting issue was the death penalty. Even though the mayor of a city has nothing...