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Peccadillos. In Congress, Powell's record of achievement-especially as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee-was extraordinary, but his flagrant nepotism and cronyism, his public peccadillos, the charge of income tax evasion against him and his cavalier disregard for his Congressional colleagues' sensitivities finally led the House to exclude him by a vote of 307 to 116 in early 1967. He was also fined...
Gould said that though there will probably be no immediate economic policy changes, a situation "one step short of war" could arise if unions disregard government policy and strike when employers follow the economic guidelines set by the Board...
...AMERICAN judicial system has shown as much disregard as the draft board for Collins's rights. the trial and subsequent appeals have hardly been a model of jurisprudence. The selection of the jury gave the prosecution a stacked deck. Before the foreman of the jury was accepted, he asked, "I'm a spy, a secret agent for the Army. Would that prejudice the case?" In addition, several women on the jury were wives and mothers of policemen...
...This plan would destroy South House in total disregard of its autonomy and house unity. It will require 131 present inhabitants of Briggs. Bertram and Barnard to leave their House, which is contrary to the underlying spirit of the House system. Moveover, it will require the conversion of some common living spaces in South House into bedrooms, thereby further crippling the House...
...Mills' dual loyalties, it reluctantly asked for and got his resignation. At Yale, Provost Charles Taylor sent two administrative assistants to Mills' bachelor apartment with a demand that he resign within 24 hours. After Mills refused, President Kingman Brewster suspended him for a year for "blatant disregard of ethics...