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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Despite early optimism that the Czech leader would accept the Commencement offer and the honorary degree that traditionally accompanies it, an embassy spokesperson said yesterday Havel will not be able to travel to the U.S. in early June because the crucial elections are scheduled for June...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Havel Will Not Speak At Commencement | 4/5/1990 | See Source »

Harvard's offer to Havel was made public in early February, when the Czech elections were only tentatively scheduled for the June 8 date. Now that the noted playwright has declined the offer, speculation is once again mounting about the identity of the Harvard Commencement speaker...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Havel Will Not Speak At Commencement | 4/5/1990 | See Source »

...perfectly proper for a Harvard department to offer incentives to its graduate students to teach its own courses, especially when they are being unfairly lured away with higher rates of pay by another department, and I find it puzzling that Professor Landes should characterize such incentives as indications of insecurity. Now that the issue is out in the open, however, it is disingenuous for anyone to claim that the differences between Sociology and Social Studies amount to a tempest in a teacup...

Author: By Orlando Patterson, | Title: Sociology is Sufficient | 4/5/1990 | See Source »

...Yale University agrees to offer up to $10.1 million to help New Haven with its budget crisis, Cambridge officials are calling upon Harvard to pay for more of the city services it receives...

Author: By Christopher Mitchell, | Title: Harvard Should Help, City Officials Argue | 4/4/1990 | See Source »

...department is still waiting for a response to a tenure offer extended to Marta Tienda, a University of Chicago expert on Hispanic studies. If Tienda accepts Harvard's position, she will be the first Hispanic woman to receive a lifetime post...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Sociology Appoints Five Junior Profs | 4/4/1990 | See Source »

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