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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more subtle level, the alumnnae news items show a change in Radcliffe's attitude toward its former and current students. It was less than two years ago that Benazir Bhutto was written up in a tiny box of the "Class Notes" section as having been "appointed" to the presidency of Pakistan. Months later, "Pinky" Bhutto--as the Quarterly called her--was on the cover of Harvard Magazine in graduation garb, speaking on Pakistan, Islam, and women in politics...
Reviews of books by Radcliffe graduates are more biting and willingly critical than before. They still include representatives from the cooking, quilting and gardening genres; but now also focus on books of literary criticism, poetry, and labor history. A new section on "Art and Artists" announces recent readings, exhibitions, dramatic performances, and concerts given by alumnae...
...Section leaders encourage students to object to Rawls' scheme on the grounds that it unwisely compromises efficiency for the sake of equity. It is true that a Rawlsian society does focus on the least well-off and contends that income differentials must be justified. But all the Difference Principle asks is that the inequalities in society be harnessed to provide some benefit to the poor. Rawls' "Justice as Fairness" is not about levelling equality. A more truly Rawlsian policy might be adjusting marginal tax rates on high incomes and channeling the revenue to the less well...
Such a puerile cheering section hardly impressed this Princeton visitor who came to cheer his team. If that is what it takes to win games on the Harvard campus, I am very disappointed. I had thought more highly of Harvard. Grenville Cuyler Charlestown
...this issue TIME introduces a new column in the Business section, "World of Business." It is written by London-based contributor Robert Ball, a former TIME correspondent and member of FORTUNE's board of editors. The column reflects the magazine's commitment to covering the increasingly important field of international business...