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...black students to ask the very group they hold responsible for blacks' oppression to finance black solidarity is, to say the least, a most profound and disorienting contradition." But there is another contradiction that we raise, a fundamental one--that Harvard's avowed commitment to social progress stands in stark contrast to its profitable investment practices that have helped maintain white-minority rule and apartheid in South Africa...
Therefore Giscard's conviction that France wants to be governed "in the center" runs against a stark political reality: the French center consists of two incompatible segments--Socialists who want movement above all, and Giscard's conservatives, who crave stability. Their addition would foster not effective government, but confusion and frustration...
...factions to get them to take the lead in working out a settlement. But they are dealing with an independent, rebellious union that may see its individualism as its greatest strength. At a time when most labor disputes are fairly quickly accommodated and resolved, the coal strike is a stark reminder of the amount of damage that one embattled union, toughened by tradition and fired by indignation, can inflict on modern society...
...stake in a Bahamian company that controlled a casino that was "manipulated" by Crime Boss Meyer Lansky, and one of Allen's partners in the venture was Wallace Groves, a convicted swindler. Then, aided by funds from his Bahamian operation, Allen formed an alliance with Producer Ray Stark and proceeded to take control of the small Canadian movie and TV producer called Seven Arts. Next, Allen acquired Warner Bros. The acquisitions seem innocent enough, but Truscott manages to impart a suspicion that they were somehow tainted...
...other national institutions, and a bill of rights protecting French-and English-language rights. These would not only placate Western Canadians but might also make Lévesque seem unreasonable to Quebec voters should he refuse to accept them. All that is still part of the future. At present the stark fact is that Canadians may have to struggle harder than at any other time in their history to keep their future intact...