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...study, to be conducted by the 10-member Committee on Instruction, will try to assess changes in the importance of grades over the past two decades. Dean Ford, the committee's chairman, said yesterday that the study is not specifically aimed at altering Harvard's grading system...
...truth, no one can assess for certain the extent of Rusk's influence on Johnson. Schlesinger claimed that Johnson has followed Rusk's policy against his own "instincts and goals;" other observers believe that the President has used Rusk as a "hard-liner" to buttress himself against criticism. In either case, Rusk was calling for a militant policy towards the Viet Cong as early as 1961. Whatever his effect on the President, Rusk's "doctrine" is distinctly...
...Kennedy Institute of Politics will distribute polls tonight in House dining halls and in the Union to assess undergraduate interest in two proposed programs...
...when stocks drop to a pre-set figure, were ruled out. On some stocks (21 on the Big Board and 13 on Amex) special margin requirements were set. American Exchange President Edwin D. Etherington last week reminded investors that "it is important, at all times, for people who assess the potential rewards of sound investment to ponder as well the inherent risks of ill-advised or casual speculation." Everybody talked about the small investor, but Etherington seemed to be pointing as well at mutual, pension and investment funds. Rules and reminders, however, did little to bank the fires. Last week...
Harper. As a gum-chewing gumshoe named Harper, Paul Newman stirs awake, forces open his burnt-out baby-blue eyes, and begins to assess the odds against his peace of mind. His Los Angeles office is a rat's nest where the private eye sometimes holes up to sleep. The TV sits humming dumbly through a test pattern that testifies to a restless night. From a wastebasket Harper retrieves some sodden coffee grounds in a filter, brews and glumly drinks a stale, disgusting cupful. Moments later, he roars along the freeway in a rattletrap sports car that...