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Elaborate books have now been devised to assign the cost of the seats on Air Force One on the basis of what each staffer does on each trip the President takes...
...proposal, adopted by CHUL on January 22, would have created 12 four-year houses, leaving each House to decide whether to assign freshman or upperclassmen to the Yard dormitories under each House's jurisdiction...
Inspector Darby does not extend his conclusions. He refuses to assign blame for the accident or cover-up that followed, insisting that Kennedy is not a criminal...
...have to fit into Darby's theory? Indeed, there is a more logical conclusion. Kennedy knew if he placed the time of the accident at 1 a.m. it would destroy his story about driving Mary Jo to the ferry and her motel in Edgartown. What motives would the press assign to a handsome Senator alone with a woman at one in the morning? The delay in reporting the accident can be attributed more to fear than it can be to an involved and co-ordinated conspiracy...
WHILE THE TASK FORCE on College Life had good intentions in proposing a plan to randomly assign students to Houses before their freshman year, its suggestion has sadly missed the mark. The advantage of the present system is that it allows students to express their housing preferences and determines House assignments by an impartial lottery system. Not everyone ends up living where he or she would prefer, but most get one of their top choices. Any disappointment is spread in the fairest possible...