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...first group consists of roughly 20 courses considered by almost three fourths of the student and faculty respondents to conform to the ideals of general education. [See chart of survey results on page...
...Carter previewed a code of ethics for members of his Administration that, in his words, "will require complete divestiture of any kind of financial relationship that might constitute a conflict of interest, and a complete revelation of any economic holdings." All the Cabinet-level appointees have agreed to conform to the code, the toughest ever imposed by an incoming President...
...left the world two legacies: a South African mining empire to keep the women of the world in diamonds and a bequest to use the profits therefrom to educate at Oxford University, "the best men for the world's fight." But times change. And this year, to conform with a 1975 act by the British Parliament, Rhodes scholarships are being awarded for the first time to women. Among the 32 American winners named last week, 13 are female. One, Yale's Sarah Deutsch, concedes her image of a Rhodes scholar is a man, Los Angeles Ram Quarterback...
...only bright spot is the prospect that Mr. Carter will conform to the age-old political practice of not living up to his campaign promises...
Approximately 300 people in the United States presently await execution on death row. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have paved the way for executions in many states that have revised their capital punishment laws to conform to Supreme Court guidelines. Now the Gilmore case, by suggesting that some felons may prefer death to life imprisonment, poses yet another threat to the lives of those convicted of capital offenses...