Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Burr, Vidal...
FICTION 1-Watership Down, Adams (5 last week) 2-Jaws, Benchley (3) 3-The Snare of the Hunter, MacInnes (2) 4-Burr, Vidal (1) 5-The Partners, Auchincloss (4) 6-The Fan Club, Wallace (9) 7-You and Me, Babe, Harris (8) 8-Come Nineveh, Come Tyre, Drury(7) 9-I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Craven (6) 10-Fear of Flying, Jong...
...agenda is prepared by Bok and Burr together and usually consists of the reports of several deans and vice presidents, routine "stamping" of various appointments and budget changes, subcommittee reports, and discussion of "informal" issues--that is, issues not linked to a budgetary or other specific request. At present, the issues that are under the greatest scrutiny are the Medical School power plant and the athletic fund drive...
...members bring a range of political opinion to their meetings, ranging from Nickerson, who is a liberal Republican, to Calkins and Blum, who are active Democrats. Burr and Slichter are independents, while Bok and Putnam lean to the Democrats' side. Collectively, the Corporation is the most liberal it has ever been, a far cry from the days when Republican registration was an unstated requirement...
...Corporation maintains its consensus. According to Burr, "If you [the president] don't like the way a guy is doing things, you ask him to quit and he quits--or else he is powerless." Disagreement is tantamount to resignation, although "most of the issues lend themselves to some sort of middle level of decision," Calkins says...