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Harvard Project in Shuttle's Spacelab Aims to Smooth Adaptations to Space

By James L. Tyson  • 

In an environment where plants refuse to flower, flame burns in a sphere instead of a cone, and mice are


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Buddhist Master, the Karmapa, Begins Visit, Religious Talks

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His Holiness the XVI Gyalwa Karampa, the spiritual leader of Kagyu Tibetan Buddhists, will arrive in Boston this afternoon to


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A Thorn In its Paw

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When the Harvard Corporation faced opposition to its South Africa related investments in the past five years, it almost exclusively


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Serenity Amid Chaos

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T HEY STICK OUT LIKE SNOWY laundry among the blue-suited bureaucrats and bums of Harvard Square. Irreverently called "towel heads,"


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An End to Noblesse Oblige

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W HEN THE TEMPORARY BRITISH governor of Zimbabwe, Lord Soames, landed at Salisbury Airport last January to oversee the country's


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Sullivan's Principles: Camouflage or Catalyst?

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The steel and blue glass of the Zion Baptist Church shines out from the grey of North Philadelphia. Its beige


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Three South African Educators to Tour Universities at Invitation of President Bok

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At the invitation of President Bok, three South Africa educators will visit Harvard and other U.S. colleges and universities next


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Bok Rejects Anti-Nuke Stand, Opposes Initiation of Proxies

By James L. Tyson  • 

Harvard will not issue a statement or initiate shareholder resolutions on its nuclear-related investments, President Bok said yesterday. Instead, Bok


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Stepping Out Over Taunton

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"They've got to be professional. They stake their reputations on it," the former paratrooper and veteran of more than 1500


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La Organization Pickets Minority Recruiting Meeting

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About 25 students last night picketed a Chase Manhattan Bank minority recruiting meeting, calling on students not to attend the

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