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...President's only current Constitutional duty--that of presiding over the Senate--might be abolished by Constitutional amendment and the vice-President permitted to serve in any office in the executive branch. Thus the man elected vice-President could be appointed Secretary of State, Attorney General, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, special Presidential adviser--or to any other office the President and he thought wise. At the very least, if the chief executive felt his number two man was not fit to hold any high office, he could attend cabinet meetings and head special committees--the same things...
...popular of the liberal arts is the art of snowing the grader on exams, how should the grader respond? Last week this question cropped up in the first examination of examinations at Harvard in 25 years. The answer given by William G. Perry Jr., director of Harvard's Bureau of Study Counsel, is that snowbound student bluebooks should be divided into two classes. "Bull" is opinion without supporting facts. "Cow" is facts without understanding. If the grader has to make a choice between these two sharply-drawn categories, says Perry, he should take bull every time...
...frustrating job. As Administrator of the Agency for International Development (A.I.D.), he has the task of administering U.S. foreign aid at a time when Congress is attacking the aid program with unprecedented energy. Bell was brought to A.I.D. early this year after a successful tenure as Director of the Bureau of the Budget. He has discovered he "is not his own master" in the job. He has been forced to spend time pleading with Congressmen, entertaining visitors, and settling issues with foreign ambassadors...
Pusey told a press conference that Harvard would deed several acres for the library to the federal government. Although money for the memorial will be raised by public subscription, funds for its upkeep will be forthcoming under federal legislation, and the Bureau of Archives will provide a staff. The Truman and Eisenhower Presidential libraries are maintained in this...
...Cincinnati, a race-track tout named Keith Harold Robinson was found not guilty of trespassing at River Downs track. Robinson, said the court, was not on the premises illegally; he had paid for a two-dollar ticket of admission. For the track, and for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, the verdict made a major problem out of a minor incident: Robinson filed a $100,000 suit for damages. While he was held for six days on the trespassing charge, he said, "his loyal and faithful dog," an 18-year-old mongrel named Skeeter, "was left unattended and, as a direct...