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...last to realize that his agony was caused by his own failings. This, perhaps, is as much as he ever can or will feel about his role in those years that were as much an ordeal for the country as for him. It may not be quite enough to alter Richard Nixon's place in history...
...article it was charged that at the meeting at which the council's freshman class poll was being discussed, that Dean Arthurs tried to prevent any consideration of committee proposals to alter the council's structure. The council would like to state that neither at that meeting or at any other time during this year has Dean Arthurs tried to prevent any consideration of measures, proposals, or suggestions of the council. This is true in regards to ideas to alter the council's structure, CRR, or any Freshman Council sponsored events...
Perhaps most important for its prospects of success, Carter's program would not drastically alter the life-styles of most Americans. There would be a significant shift toward smaller, lighter cars (although many cars designed to meet the gradually increasing gasoline-efficiency standards, and thus avoid a tax penalty, could readily seat six people), but that trend has already begun. People on limited incomes might well have to plan shopping trips more carefully and curtail nonessential driving. Teen-agers in middle-income families might have to bicycle to school instead of driving their own cars...
...there are many Americans who either cannot or will not alter their car-driving habits, suggesting that the cost of gasoline will not, alone, much reduce consumption. "My driving is out of necessity," says Diana Brown, a Portland, Ore., bookkeeper and secretary. "My reasons aren't going to change just because it costs me a nickel a gallon more to get there...
...this week, Physicist William Fairbank and his colleagues at Stanford University are expected to reveal the results of an experiment that could demonstrate the existence of quarks. Said Columbia University's Gerald Feinberg: "If it's true -and I'm skeptical-it would force us to alter our ideas quite radically...