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...members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are not normally subject to this kind of scrutiny, and the Faculty members themselves are not accustomed to rigorous review by colleagues. One potential Core course head, after his proposal was returned for a third revision to bring it in accord with his guidelines, raised, not without pique, a question of academic freedom. The answer, of course, was that he was quite free to offer his course under other auspices, but the Core committees were bound by the ground rules of the Core Curriculum. Once this was understood, the Standing Committee...
...previous protests stretching back to 1976 the Clams had had an accord with Seabrook local cops. After all, the town had voted repeatedly against the plant, and the utility brought in state troopers to do the dirty work of macing and clubbing. In all previous actions it had been pretty clear the Clams were the good guys and the utility, the State, and the National Guard the villains. And now that was evaporating, dissolving back into the marshes. No matter, we'd return in the morning, and reestablish the blockade...
...ball clubs' annual pension contribution rises from $8.3 million to $ 15.5 million, boosting retirement benefits 60%. At age 50, a ten-year player can now collect $1,488 a month. Both the players' Miller and the owners' Grebey expressed satisfaction with the accord. "It's good for everybody," said Grebey. "The fans are going to see ball games, and that's really what counts." Indeed, the fear of sharply adverse public reaction to a strike kept both sides plugging away until a solution was found. Said Chicago White Sox Owner Bill Veeck: "We have enough...
...Camp David accord and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. That process, in which Vance played a key role, shows signs of slowing to a halt and perhaps collapsing altogether...
Does the appointment of a new Secretary of State signal significant change in American foreign policy? There is little reason to believe that it does. Senator Edmund Muskie's known views on major issues of foreign policy are roughly in accord with those held by the President, else Mr. Carter evidently would not have appointed him. The new Secretary is not as committed as was his predecessor to policies that have now visibly failed. In the manner of the President, Senator Muskie experienced a sense of "betrayal" over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. His self-characterization indicates, however, the extent...