Word: confirms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...take the strongest possible objection to the sentence you have published about me in the Registration Issue of The Harvard Crimson ("Harvard Stays Mum on Greek Bequest"). The sentence reads, "Kaiser would neither confirm nor deny the report..." That is a deliberately misleading sentence, inasmuch as your use of "would" implies that you asked me to confirm or deny a report that the Greek government had given Harvard one million dollars. The simple fact is that your reporter never even mentioned such a rumor in either of our two telephone conversations...
...hearing) that in view of the fact that she had already spoken with President Bok about this I did not feel that I had anything to add to what he might have told you; and that was the extent of our conversation. Would you claim that I "would neither confirm not deny" rumors that the earth is flat, that Bacon wrote Shakespeare, or that two plus two equals seven, when you have not asked me about those matters either? Walter Kaiser Professor of English and Comparative Literature
...called into question in such an irresponsible way and Harvard philosophy professor Robert Nozick said, "What about the animals?" Wiseman said the film was meant to show what could happen to human subjects in a world of unfettered scientific research. (And CIA-sponsored investigations into hallucenogenic drugs seems to confirm those fears). Here again, there is no commentary, and heavy exchanges between clients and welfare workers are for your own Interpretation. Ch. 2; 9 p.m.; 2 hours, 50 min. Black and white...
...said last week that some money had been received for the Program for Modern Greek Studies, and said that the donor had asked him not to disclose his identity or the amount of money involved. Kaiser would neither confirm nor deny the report and Rosovsky was not available for comment...
...Know. Nixon found ways of evading the tough questions. At one point, Dobrovir asked him to confirm, as reported on a White House transcript of a tape recording, that he had told John Dean that "nothing is privileged that involves wrongdoing." By way of an answer, Nixon countered with a question: "What is the definition of 'wrongdoing'?" Replied Dobrovir: "I am quoting your words." Nixon persisted: "I am asking you, what do you say is 'wrongdoing'? I don't know." That was a telling admission for a man who made his career as a lawyer...