Word: doubtfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hostages to Power. To such arguments, the Administration replies that its object is not to bomb North Viet Nam back "to the Stone Age," as retired Air Force General Curtis Le-May once proposed. "There is no doubt that air power could destroy North Viet Nam if it were in our interests," said Brown. "Our Government does not believe that it would be." The U.S. has purposely avoided attacking certain targets because they are too close to urban residential areas, would cause suffering among the civilian population or would not significantly affect the enemy's short-term ability...
There seems little doubt that this is the area in which the Board would do well to re-examine its policy. Rules, of course, all the members argue, must be enforced if they are to mean anything. But a minor infraction should not result in firing...
...general, however, there seems little doubt that the Board tends to be more lenient than it is rumored to be. "The instinct now, is not to fire--cases are skillfully and compassionately covered," Monro says. Dean Watson even goes so far as to say that "If I were in trouble, I would put my case in the hands of the Administrative Board with confidence." But in the dining halls one hears a different story--tales of innumerable students who have been kicked out for having a girl in their room a few minutes after parietals ended. Real horror shows...
Much of the criticism would no doubt be silenced if the faculty votes through the curriculum changes recommended earlier this year by a special subcommittee...
...losers lose for having the bad taste to display jealously -- a situation which confuses our twentieth-century sympathies. Furthermore, Etherege wrote the play to please an ingrown audience -- it would recognize friends and celebrities among the characters. If the playwright had been present last night he would no doubt have gone around whispering, "You had to be there. It's not nearly as funny as it used...