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...Brotherism. Sherburne made one little slip. He broke his secrecy pledge to confess the CIA connection to one of his staff men-red-bearded. New Leftist Michael Wood, 24, from California's Pomona College. Wood insisted that Sherburne make a dramatic public renunciation of the CIA ties. Sherburne refused, arguing reasonably enough that the relationship was about to end and that nothing would be gained by stirring up a storm. Wood compiled a 50-page letter to Ramparts, which then embarked on a two-month investigation of the CIA-N.S.A. liaison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: The Silent Service | 2/24/1967 | See Source »

...participate in the democratic process that will bring a truly civilian government to that part of the world, and that will permit a government to proceed in a program of national reconciliation, and the progress that all of the people in that area like. I must confess I am somewhat confused by your statement because your statement implies that you can carry on a war by arms and still bring about peace. Now the statement I made rules out a military solution on the part of all sides. I do not think that that is incompatible with a peaceful solution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goldberg Meets His Critics | 2/16/1967 | See Source »

Word spreads quickly around the Yard that "cheap" PT's are available in swimming and skating. A student monitor in the IAB admits that many freshmen "hang on the side of the pool for a few minutes" to meet the hour requirement. Several freshman confess to signing in at Watson Rink and then walking out the back door with borrowed skates which do not even...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Freshman PT Requirement -- Why Bother? | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

...mates. Several young entrepreneurs sold extra credits last year. In 1955, a senior who had not fulfilled his PT requirement hired freshmen to sign him in at various events. All went well until he was married and told his new bride of this ingenious scheme. She demanded that he confess his sins at the PT Office. He finally settled down to 30 hours of physical training -- and a lifetime of marital bliss...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Freshman PT Requirement -- Why Bother? | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

...really going on, but there are high-jinks on stage. A movie of rhinoceroses in motion was projected against a flat accompanied by a medley of Elvis Presley songs; another time animal cookies were distributed to the audience. Mine was a bit tart, but eating it, I confess, was the highest synaesthetic...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: Rhinoceros | 12/10/1966 | See Source »

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