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...more unfortunate aspects of the Core controversy was the method by which it was discussed and finally adopted. Harvard's administrators like to function in quiet, low-profile fashion, tinkering with the system but largely failing to consult the students who will be affected by their plans. True to form, the Core has arrived with a minimum of student input. It is strangely presumptuous--almost insulting--to ask undergraduates to buy the idea that a small number of Faculty members know enough about Harvard's problems to be able to suggest a replacement for Gen Ed. A Crimson poll...
Ribicoff immediately went to consult with Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd and told him what he had in mind. "God bless you, Abe," Byrd said...
...suppose Mr. Carter's dreams and aspirations are those he discussed during his successful campaign. Mr. Brezhnev, however, has not told us much about his dreams and aspirations, so we may have to consult sources like Solzhenitsyn and Sakharov to get a clue...
...words "supernatural" and "mystical" have no place in this understanding. In fact, some prominent physicists are seriously attempting to understand the laws involved and consult Maharishi frequently. One of these is Brian Josephson of Cambridge University, who received the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his work on the theory of quantum mechanical "tunneling...
...such maniacal extremes? The trouble began in 1966, when government planners searching for a site for a jet-age airport chose Narita, which lies in a rolling truck-farm belt. Ignoring the consensus system, which is considered a cardinal virtue in Japanese society, the planners never bothered to consult with the residents of the region, whose families have farmed the same tracts for generations. To the dismay and fury of the farmers, the government began to expropriate the land. Thus was organized the Anti-Airport League, an odd amalgam of angry farmers and environmentalists since dominated by an assortment...