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...Federal Radiation Council warns that "any radiation exposure involves some risk," and critics of the reactor program contend that any risk is too much as long as alternate power sources exist. Says Johns Hopkins Professor Edward P. Radford Jr., a specialist in the biological effects of radiation: "Until a year ago, I was one of those who felt that any problems associated with nuclear power could be solved." Now Radford is not so sure. He is not alone. Last month two scientists at the AEC's Livermore Radiation Laboratory reported that current radiation standards may be responsible...
...Darley and Latané found that a bystander is less likely to help in a group than when he is alone. A crowd, they concluded, tends to diffuse responsibility and makes it easier for the individual to do nothing. The Piliavins and Mrs. Rodin cautiously dispute this theory. They contend that under real-life conditions the average person-even in a group-will act when he clearly sees that another human being is in trouble...
Watson said that the director of Athletics will have some serious problems to contend with in the next few years. Among them, he said, are merging Radcliffe sports activities into the Harvard athletic department, and planning to build more badly needed indoor athletic facilities
Convergence prophets argue that the theory has universal application, but contend that it applies particularly to the United States and Russia. Despite their manifest differences, both nations are post-industrial powers grappling with the problems of advanced technology. According to the convergence theory, Moscow and Washington should meet some day at the omega point somewhere on the outskirts of Belgrade, the capital of a nation that has-so far, successfully -introduced elements of capitalism into a doctrinally Marxist society...
When the Crimson basketball team plays Navy this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the IAB, it must contend with the Mid-shipmen's tenacious man-to-man defense and their winning tradition against Harvard teams...