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...evidence of malfeasance in the American conduct of the Indochina war. Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre invited the American government to send representatives to state its case to the tribunal, but the Johnson administration chose not to respond to the invitation. Pressed by reporters to explain the administration's disregard for Russell's efforts, secretary of state Dean Rusk replied that he had no intention of "playing games with a 94-year-old Briton." By the end of the tribunal's first two sessions, the United States had been indicted in absentia for crimes against peace, crimes...
...Bridge (which Hicks never saw but adopted from an engraving), or the Delaware Water Gap (which he may not have seen either). He certainly had never seen the grave of his idol William Penn, who was eventually buried at Jordans, in Buckinghamshire, 30 miles northwest of London. With typical disregard for mere historical fact, Hicks has substituted a hedge for the wall that surrounds the burying ground. But then, Hicks has no great interest in natural fact either. The "elm" under which Penn was supposed to have made his deal with the Indians conforms to no botanical index and varies...
...feel that the University's disregard of the DISC proposal again demonstrates a lack of real commitment to strengthening Afro American Studies of Harvard...
...conclusion, I must disagree very strongly with your statement that "the university's disregard of the DISC proposal again demonstrates a lack of real commitment to strengthening Afro-American Studies at Harvard." A succession of reviews by faculty members and others have supported the formation of a research and graduate institute to develop the body of knowledge and increase the number of teacher-scholars in the field of Afro-American Studies. Those who have supported this concept believe that such an institute will strengthen Afro-American Studies just as similar institutes have proved useful in many other fields of study...
...HAVEN-President Ford last night told a gathering of Yale Law School alumni that the United States faces "a basic and serious problem of disregard of the law," as about 500 people outside protested his appearance...