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...that several oil-producing countries had agreed to help finance a billion dollar program for an agriculture-development fund to help food-deficient countries. Unfortunately, Marei's announcement proved to be premature. By week's end the various OPEC delegations had become embroiled in disputes over what criteria should be used to fix the participants' contributions. The conference closed recommending creation of a development fund based on voluntary donations, but it was unclear how much money the oil-rich nations would supply...
Hale Champion, vice president for finances, said yesterday the effect of the new amendment will depend upon the criteria for granting funds adopted by the state legislature...
...solution to the problem of relying upon "good faith" suggested at the conference is the establishment of uniform objective criteria for admissions, hiring and promotions. Robert M. O'Neil, executive vice president of the University of Cincinnati, said Friday universities "are going to have to fully articulate" their standards, to insure that each applicant is given equal treatment...
...also said that objective criteria might not be flexible enough to consider the special skills minority candidates possess. "Black lawyers will face tougher tests than white lawyers when they graduate," Pierce said. "They should be selected for different qualities...
...President Bok is, neither he nor the Humpty Dumpty of "Alice in Wonderland" can make words mean exactly what they want them to. to make good on his assurances would require the scrapping of the present board and a fresh start. Certainly if this were done, a more relevant criteria for selection of board members might emerge. From an examination of the people listed, with only a few exceptions, one might conclude that faithful service to the president, willingness, ignorance, and outright hostility to Afro-American studies, in varying degrees and with different mixtures, were the determining factors. Hopefully with...