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...contractors and subcontractors have been notified of the University's responsibilities under Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 and their ensuing obligations. The University will notify all contractors and subcontractors of amendments to the Executive Order, and will alter all contracts and purchase orders to reflect such changes...
...deduct 7% of their cost from tax bills. Nixon had asked for credits of 10% for one year and 5% thereafter. The committee's action, when combined with such other modifications as the extension to small firms of the tax incentive on purchases of used equipment, does not alter the estimated total tax reduction-about $2.8 billion annually...
...time being, at least, political efforts to alter abortion laws appear to be stalemated. Bills to repeal New York's new law failed to make their way out of committee during the past legislative session. Proposals to liberalize abortion laws in 29 other states fared no better. Many experts believe that the permissive policies in several states have relieved pressure on standpat states to act on abortion. Federal action is also unlikely, though Oregon Senator Robert Packwood has introduced a bill that would allow any physician to perform an abortion on demand during the first 31 months of pregnancy...
...another Walden Two passage, Skinner sketches a more realistic self-portrait. With some bitterness, his alter ego Frazier addresses Burris: "You think I'm conceited, aggressive, tactless, selfish. You're convinced that I'm completely insensitive to my effect upon others, except when the effect is calculated. You can't see in me any personal warmth. You're sure that I'm one who couldn't possibly be a genuine member of any community . . . Shall we say that as a person I'm a complete failure and have done with...
...aware of the future decreased pleasure the operation would incur, and did this represent hatred of me? Did he, with my mother's consent, subconsciously want me castrated?" Philosophically, Harnes concludes that "what was done was done." Anyway, he notes, neither plastic surgery nor prosthetic technology can alter matters where he is concerned...