Word: caspar
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...exchange of research. In April, the presidents of the three universities formally protested the Department of Defense's announcement that it would be more liberal in classifying scientific research as "sensitive," making it subject to greater restrictions in publication. The presidents have met with officials, including Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger '38, says Allan J. Lindstrom, Caltech's sponsored research director...
Several members of the Friends of the Spartacus Youth League came before the Undergraduate Council last March, complaining that they had been unfairly disciplined for interrupting a speech by Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger...
...PIECE of news about the alma mater that reached old-time Harvard alums this year was, in all likelihood, the treatment students accorded Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38 at his Sanders Theatre appearance in the fall. It certainly wasn't good news from their perspective, reports of the heckling and efforts to shout down Weinberger touched the rawest fears of campus disorder inspired by the experience of the 1960s...
...PATENTLY ABSURD to portray the disruption of Caspar W. Weinberger '38's speech as a violation of freedom. It was a defense of liberty and a statement of outrage at its usurpation. The behavior exhibited by the students who shouted him down would indeed be unacceptable if Weinberger were not who he is. But as spokesman for the Reagan Administration's war policies. Weinberger has no problem getting his views across, ludicrous as they are. He has all major media at his beck and call unlike the students who stood up to his propaganda. This fact alone would...
Reagan came into office challenging both halves of that proposition. He and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger repeatedly asserted that the U.S. had fallen behind the U.S.S.R. across the board. That contention was dubious on its merits, since Reagan and Weinberger chronically undervalued the components of the American arsenal in which the U.S. enjoys significant advantages: offensive and defensive submarine warfare, bombers, cruise missiles and precision-guided conventional weapons. Superiority in those areas compensates for others where the Soviets have a numerical lead over the U.S., particularly land-based ballistic missiles. There are trends on both sides that augur badly...