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...their verdict by a two-thirds vote, instead of by a jury of their peers whose verdict must nearly always be unanimous. The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Douglas noted, continues to be primarily an instrument of discipline and not justice. He indicted the system as "marked by the age-old manifest destiny of retributive justice" and as "singularly inept in dealing with the nice subtleties of constitutional...
Though the moon is the immediate target, NASA is already looking far beyond it. "The real goal is to demonstrate the capability for interplanetary travel," Administrator Paine said last week. "We are providing the most exciting possible answer to the age-old question of whether life as we know it on earth can exist on the moon and planets. The answer is yes. Man can extend the domain of terrestrial life throughout the solar system." If Paine's flat assertion sounded somewhat premature, or unduly optimistic, there was good cause. Apollo 10 was the sort of flight that...
WHAT is man? To this age-old question, the social sciences are now proposing some extraordinarily complicated new answers. First and foremost, man is an animal-but he is neither the end product of evolution nor much more than a mediocre biological success. The body he inhabits is primitive, at least 50,000 years out of date. Basically, he is one of the world's most aggressive beasts, who, the scientists say, fundamentally enjoys torturing and killing other animals, including his fellow man in the sport known...
Cheerleaders from Harvard and Radcliffe will lead the anticipated screaming throng of more than 1000 people who will march to the Yard to the age-old fighting tunes of the Harvard Band...
...think, than any others, they characterize the mood of our generation. The Class of 1968 emerges from its campuses at the head of a rising tide of youthful dissatisfaction. It is too easy to dismiss the obvious malaise of youth as nothing but a new manifestation of the age-old conflict between parents and children. More is at issue here, much more. This generation wants not simply to replace its parents in the positions of power and prominence in American society, but, more importantly, to change that society...