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...upperclass grades in courses marked "regularly open to freshmen" have normally been reported. But the Faculty decided earlier this Spring to abolish the freshman-course category completely...
...there is no agreement about the type of reform needed. Some wish to abolish the draft altogether, replacing it with either a professional army or nothing at all. Others support the concept of universal service, which would encompass a whole range of military and non-military programs. While such "total" solutions have their merits, discussion of them should be postponed. Abolition of the draft and universalization of the draft would both require truly massive bureaucratic alterations. Congress would understandably hesitate to ask such changes from a military establishment already occupied with other matters. The Selective Service System should be reformed...
...deferment does not protect Education per se; rather it protects the privilege of some to get an education. Abolishing the 2-S would not abolish education. It would merely mean that present non-students would have a chance to fill the places and use the scholarship funds of those students who are drafted. The "national interest" in education would be preserved; only the special interest of those now receiving that education would be removed...
...buffer between two bitterly opposed government factions-the so-called "soft-liners," including Castello Branco, who want to operate within a constitutional framework, and the hard liners who demand more aggressive "revolutionary government." Finally, in a showdown last October, the hard liners forced Castello Branco to abolish Brazil's 13 political parties, pave the way for a government party called ARENA, and order indirect presidential elections this fall by Congress rather than by direct popular elections. Since ARENA controls 284 of Congress' 475 seats, its candidate is certain to be President. Recognizing this, Costa e Silva decided...
...Lyndon Johnson's favorite anecdotes concerns the Texas judge who is informed by a friend that a legislative committee has voted to abolish his bench. "Who testified against me?" demands the judge. "Well," says his friend, "there was Banker Jones." "He's usurious," snaps the magistrate. "He cheats little ol' ladies out of their life savings. Who else?" The acquaintance lists all the other witnesses, and with growing rage the judge denounces each as a scoundrel or worse. Finally the friend confesses that he has been kidding, that the committee in fact has rejected the bill...