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After months of speculation by the country at large, the board of overseers, contrary to popular belief, has decided not to confer the degree of LL.D. on the present governor. The question seems to be simply, whether the university should follow a somewhat questionable precedent and confer a degree upon one who was deemed unfit for it, or breaking away from this precedent, not to give it this year, and in the future only to those who were deemed especially worthy to receive the degree. It is, of course, unpleasant to mark out in this way some particular...
...university, wishing to recognize the worth and services of anyone, desires to confer special honor upon him, it has every right to do so; but otherwise no compulsion rests upon it, and this is apparently the position taken by the overseers, however unjust it may seem to others. June...
...Rahilly promptly flew to The Netherlands from his luxurious pad in London to confer with the mutinous crew. The long-haired Irish entrepreneur is a good talker, and three of the crew agreed to accompany him back to the ship, where he tried to calm Van der Kamp. Listeners to Radio Caroline got only a hint of the drama. Just before it went off the air following the crew rebellion, Peter Chicago apologized: "Sorry, sorry, but there's a mutiny on board." After the captain seemed pacified, Crispin St. John resumed broadcasting with an inspirational message...
Some survivors conclude, unconsciously, that they got out because they possessed a kind of magic invincibility For them, survival is "the moment of power," as Social Critic Elias Canetti puts it, and can confer a lasting sense of being in command of death. In other cases, a feeling of invulnerability precedes survival and can produce a cavalier attitude in the midst of danger. John Rauen Jr., a former Marine who survived World War II combat, reports that "I knew we were going to crash, but I didn't expect to die." Psychiatrist Stein calls this mental invincibility "the silver...
...business at hand, the President underscored his determination to spend prudently by ordering a cut of more than half in an $11 billion authorization for building waste-treatment plants, thereby angering Congress, which had earlier passed the bill over his veto. Moving on to Key Biscayne to confer with Shultz and John Connally on a new economic game plan, Nixon was at pains to show that he had picked up a second wind for his second term. A more ebullient, less inhibited Nixon emerged. At a restaurant in Coral Gables, he mingled jovially with the other diners, patting a girl...