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...soon as he is conceived. Doctors have now proved even beyond a lawyer's doubts that the fetus is most susceptible to lasting defects from injuries and drugs during the first three months after conception. As a result, juries are now far more able to assess responsibility and fix damages...
...Review is at its best when it discusses specifics. "Identity-at Harvard and Harvard's Identity," despite its overblown title, details a study of twenty-four Harvard freshmen made in 1959 by David Ricks and Robert McCarley. They compare ideal "public" and "private" students in order to assess the impact college had on each group and find that contrary to myth the preppie possesses deeper anxiety and undergoes greater change because he, unlike the boy from City High, is less prepared by his secondary school culture to fit into the "new" Harvard--a college in which the premium value...
...school-prayer decision, when much of the press declared that God had been banished from the classroom and the Supreme Court was heaped with abuse it did not deserve. Now that decisions will be strung out during the week, reporters should have ample time to study and assess them more accurately...
...sponsors of the program say they hope "to provide an expert background on Vietnam, to analyze the policies being pursued by the involved countries, and to assess the alternatives--diplomatic and military...
...association should get orders from its customer establishments on the basis of direct contract relations. These contracts are not the product of sporadic market fluctuations but are rather the embodiment and realization of centralized planning. That is why the new system will never lead to unemployment. We intend to assess the work of enterprises, first of all, by the way in which they carry out orders placed with them, and only then shall we make appraisal of and encourage their efficiency...