Word: young
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young Bhutto was making a significant impression on her colleagues at Oxford, her father was facing powerful opposition at home. Only weeks after she graduated from the University, the elder Bhutto was overthrown in a military coup in 1977 by Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq and was executed two years later...
...plan, set forward in the Young Report, broadened the administration's role in selecting University-endorsed candidates to the Overseers at the expense of activist alumni...
Ocasio's emergence as a fiery spokesperson marks a far cry from the young man who grew up in Puerto Rico learning English as a second language, he says...
Harvard has chosen to fight the election of any future dissenting overseers. In September, the University announced its full support for the Young Committee's report, which would improve University candidates' chances of election...
...That the Young Report is in jeopardy is an indication of the changing role of the Overseers, which traditionally has acted as a rubber stamp for the Corporation, which is responsible for all University policy decisions. HRAAA members and other, more progressive University nominees push for the Board to take a more active role in Harvard's governance, and, as a result, the University strives to marginalize them in the Board itself...