Word: affectivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Claiming that publicity of his troubles might adversely affect his client, Cooper attempted to get the Sirhan trial postponed until he cleared up his own case, but was overruled by Judge Walker. Cooper is expected to stay on as Sirhan's chief counsel, relegating his personal crisis to off-hours. Even so, it seemed unlikely that the trial could be concluded in less than two months...
...side of the sun from the earth and always hidden from terrestrial viewers. With calculations made by U.S. Naval Observatory scientists, the Condon group was able to show that variations in the orbital path of Clarion would soon make it visible from earth. Besides, Clarion's gravity would affect the motion of Venus. Since Clarion has not been seen, and the orbit of Venus shows no signs of mysterious perturbations, the scientists concluded that Clarion does not exist...
Costlier for Consumers. The rising cost of credit is beginning to affect consumers as well as businessmen. In California, the giant Bank of America and several savings and loan associations lifted their minimum interest rate on home mortgages from 7¼% to 7½%. At week's end Manhattan's First National City Bank increased by one-fourth of 1% its charges for auto, consumer and home-improvement loans. The true annual interest rates on some personal loans rose to more than...
Will the adverse international reaction to the Beirut raid affect Israel's policy of retaliation...
...have a "monopoly on moral fervor or political ardor," but we were, it is true, the only group which chose to openly challenge the Faculty's monopoly on a decision whose consequences affect students. I do not doubt the Faculty's right to meet in private on certain questions, but when it comes to the decision-making process, the Faculty must guard against the tremendous power it has as a closed body. The relatively mild tactic we adopted was legitimate to question the faculty tradition of autonomy and isolation relative to issues today, and specifically ROTC...