Word: chief
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Even if Governor Rockefeller does decide to avoid a head-on New Hampshire clash with his chief rival, Vice President Richard Nixon, the contest seems sure to come eventually. In fact, Oregon's young Republican Governor Mark Hatfield, visiting in New York last week (and conferring with Rockefeller during his stay), assured newsmen that both Rockefeller and Nixon will be entered in the Oregon presidential primary. Reason: a new Oregon law requiring that the primary ballot carry the names of all candidates-whether "announced or generally advocated...
...four weeks of niggling negotiations and propaganda barrages, Geneva had finally focused down to one essential issue: the future status of Berlin. Last week, to the surprise of practically nobody, Western ministers unveiled to Gromyko the concessions that they were prepared to make over Berlin. The chief proposals, apart from a demand that Russia guarantee Western access to the city...
...other faiths. Perhaps at Harvard more than any other school the belief in liberal education is inculcated; however, its tenets are seldom recognized as the credo of a faith, which rests on assumptions as unprovable as any other faith. Knowledge through scholarship is justified and constant questioning become the chief paths to this summum bonum. There are of course all the institutional trappings of a visible church: the hierophantic gamut running from teaching fellow to full professor; the sacraments of grades and commencement, the semi-monastic existence of acolyte graduate students, and ordained faculty...
...Scientific knowledge and technology are necessary for a liberal education," Bush said, "but they may swallow every-thing also up. Men of the space age must remember the humanities ... the chief agent of the resistance to conformity...
Theodore Chase, Chief Marshal of the class of 1934, will present the record-breaking class gift to the College as a highlight of the afternoon ceremonies. The results of elections for the Board of Overseers and other alumni offices will also be announced...