Word: counsels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difficult to conceive of the power that could be wielded by somebody with the hazy title of general counsel to the University. But Daniel Steiner '54 (one of the few Harvard men in Bok's administration--Bok didn't go here either, graduating from Stanford) stays on top of so many issues around Harvard, from labor troubles to lawsuits, that his expertise makes him valuable to all the other administrators. He's the key cog, but much more of a manager than a player...
...Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities (basically the Harvard honor code) would be judged by fellow students and members of the faculty. But students have refused to serve on the CRR because they consider it to be a kangaroo court. Students brought before the CRR have no right to counsel, no right to appeal, and are judged by a jury composed of twice as many faculty members as students--hardly a trial by one's peers. As a system of justice the CRR fails to make the basic guarantees for individual rights that the U.S. Constitution managed to embody 200 years...
...raised those problems last week about the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy was not some paranoid conspiracy hunter but Kenneth Hahn, a member of the Los Angeles County board of supervisors. The occasion for his questions was the board's unanimous vote to have the county counsel join in a new assessment of the evidence in Kennedy's murder...
...attitude would be if her 18-year-old daughter Susan confided that she was having an affair, Betty Ford replied: "Well, I wouldn't be surprised. I think she's a perfectly normal human being like all young girls. If she wanted to continue, I would certainly counsel and advise her on the subject. And I'd want to know pretty much about the young man ... whether it was a worthwhile encounter ... She's pretty young to start affairs, [but] she's a big girl...
...production director, faces a six-month jail sentence; James Jerram, former manager of quality control, could be jailed for four years. Jerram is on leave from Good Humor's parent, Thomas J. Lipton Inc., which is itself a unit of the Dutch-based multinational Unilever. Good Humor General Counsel David St. Clair says the company is "not guilty...