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...must admit that these are very serious allegations. My doubts and misgivings about the pursuit of truth at Harvard spring mainly from three years of taking Core and department courses in history, government and economics--three of the most important areas of study at the College. These areas seem to be the most plagued by reactionary ideology and a myopic view of America, problems that do not affect other fields of study, such as physics or fine arts, quite so directly...
...police officer on-duty outside the Science Center that morning did not immediately admit the cause of the evacuation to those attempting to enter the building. Many of the evacuees, however, were told that there had been a bomb threat...
Your April 19 article on ROTC ("MIT Faculty Ask ROTC Program to Admit Gays") may give readers the mistaken impression that the MIT Faculty proposed that MIT guarantee the scholarships of all students enrolled in ROTC at MIT. Our Faculty proposed that MIT replace the scholarships of MIT students who have been discharged from ROTC due to their sexual orientation. We did not propose that MIT guarantee scholarships of Harvard or Wellesley students who participate in ROTC at MIT. --Lawrence S. Bacow, Chair of the MIT Faculty
...have to admit that I'm a tad jealous of our players. It would be great to be seven again and be able to play in little league...
Things went downhill from there. To prevent the Dole team from portraying the call as any kind of endorsement, Powell immediately leaked the sum of it to a reporter. That clever move annoyed folks at Dole headquarters, who felt snubbed (and, they admit, unable to put a more positive spin on the exchange). The whole episode left such a bad taste in Dole's mouth that when nervous G.O.P. fund raisers, sounding a bit like anxious parents, recently asked Dole how things were going with Powell, the candidate said he'd prefer not to talk about...