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...Stade refused last night to confirm that he had written it, but added that "it's not far from my opinion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Von Stade Wrote Letter Against Merger, Saw No Benefit in Educating More Women | 11/6/1970 | See Source »

...greatest living writer, whose works are banned in the Soviet Union, remained incredulous. The friends, who normally shield his whereabouts carefully from outsiders, finally told a Norwegian correspondent in Moscow how he could reach Solzhenitsyn by telephone. Per Egil Hegge of Oslo's Aftenposten immediately called him to confirm the news. Then Hegge asked the author for a comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Prize and a Dilemma | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

...held a master's degree in library science, duly accepted the $11,000-a-year job. Unfortunately for him, the university soon discovered that McConnell was a militant homosexual. After McConnell and his new male roommate applied for a marriage license, the university's regents refused to confirm his appointment. McConnell sued the regents, claiming denial of his constitutional rights. Last month U.S. District Judge Philip Neville ordered the university to hire McConnell. Unless it is proved that he has committed illegal sex acts or that his homosexuality impairs his job efficiency, said Neville, "the homosexual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Decisions | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

...States. The success of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese has shown that the United States does not have the strength to deliver on its promises of protection to the puppet regimes through which it manipulates internal politics in countries of the Third World. An American withdrawal would confirm this paramount lesson of Vietnam, and it is thus understandable that President Nixon and his advisors have "ruled out" the possibility of an abrupt, immediate withdrawal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Support the NLF | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

...Beacon Hill, should be popularly mentioned. Descriptions of his qualifications from some supporters boil down to the fact that he is a "good man" and one need only look to his enthusiastic participation as a member of the Boston Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 1964 to confirm...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Seven Men Who Won't Become The 25th Harvard President | 9/23/1970 | See Source »

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