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...hypnosis of the most expensive media-promotion. There is, however, one essential item absent from the standard presentation: Intellectual license is not serious, solid or substantial--certainly it is formidably circumscribed in implication--if, prior to words and long preceding deeds, our yearnings themselves are in such firm constraint that we no longer even wish to do that which, if we could wish it in large numbers, colleges and universities would then assuredly forbid...
...League admissions committees will begin an early rating system this Fall, and the adoption of this innovation may require that admissions personnel spend more time in Cambridge, cramping their recruiting travels. This potential constraint on recruiting makes it even more essential that the Admissions Committee immediately study the reasons for this year's decline in black applications...
...block-busters." Financial arrangements vary. In some Houses the House Committee funds the society's initial investment; in others, the money may come from the Master's funds--but the House that will tolerate continued deficits is a rarity, and film societies without House backing are under even tighter constraint. GSD Films' arrangement with the School of Design requires it to be in the black at the end of each month, or shut down. At the end of the year, any profits must go into the school's scholarship fund...
...would be a monstrous mistake to think that the matter is entirely out of our hands. There is a part for us to play in the global scenario now unfolding. The terror bombing of Hanoi provoked an unprecedented public and Congressional outerv, and such dissent remains the strongest constraint on Nixon's further pursuit of a disguised American victory Instead of eliminating the need for mass anyway demonstrations the recent developments in Paris have made them a clear necessity...
Inspite of the improvements, Dunlop cautioned that the Faculty budget is still several years away from being back in the black. He urged "constraint by all of us" to keep the actual budget deficit under $500,000 this year...