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...have to force someone to be bused against his will, to sacrifice the interests of any individual to a vague social plan, to allocate people among schools like colored tiddlywinks to fulfill some arbitrary quota? This allocation, sacrifice and use of force implies that the lives of the children belong to the state to be used as it determines...

Author: By Peter J. Ferrara, | Title: The Failure of Busing | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

...said the subcommittee, to which Terry F. Lenzner '61 and Mary E. Proctor '63, two of the three Overseers who met with community people last month, belong, would be able to recommend the formation of a visiting committee if its members thought such a move necessary...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: The Idea Is a New One | 4/26/1975 | See Source »

...American corporations in partnership with the handful of rich Nicaraguans and worked by agricultural workers some of whom earn less than $1 a day, produce coffee, bananas, cotton and beef for the import market. At the same time, peasants working tiny, inefficient plots of land (which often also belong to landlords) struggle to coax enough beans, rice and corn from the soil to feed their families, with perhaps something left over to sell in the local market. With the climbing birth rates, and the continuous introduction of labor-saving machinery in the large estates, peasants and small-town dwellers stream...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Dispatch from Nicaragua | 4/16/1975 | See Source »

...owns the rich oil deposits that lie more than three miles off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard-the coastal states or the Federal Government? Last week the Supreme Court with Justice Douglas still absent ruled unanimously that the rights to the seabed and subsoil belong to the U.S. Despite the huge potential payoff involved, the Justices deliberated swiftly and reached their decision three weeks after oral argument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Feds Win | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

...Sanders, former Celtic star and coach of a minor sport at Harvard: "The finals! That's too far above my head. Normally speaking, I go with the team that's had the experience, the players that believe they belong there, you know, the ones with the winning habit. So, I'll go with UCLA. Winning championships is an attitude, you know. When you're in the habit of taking 'em, you get that attitude, believe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: View From the Attic | 3/28/1975 | See Source »

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