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Although many students who take a break from college embark on seemingly endless meandering, many others take on jobs that run heavily to social work, part-time teaching and labor organizing. For instance, Hamilton Fish III, who on the record of his name alone should become a U.S. Congressman (he would be the fifth to do so), is now a Harvard stop-out, working on a campaign to register student voters on campus...
...Thus Kissinger was able to embark on his diplomatic adventure?a five-nation trip ostensibly related to the war in Viet Nam?and to fly into Peking from Pakistan without arousing suspicion, while pretending to be ill with a stomach ailment (see box, page 13). He arrived in Peking fully aware that Chou was more than willing to see Nixon. But just what the Kissinger-Chou talks produced that convinced both sides that they would benefit from a summit meeting remains one of the mysteries surrounding the affair. Uncertainty that matters would go smoothly was undoubtedly a reason...
Early in July, Derek Curtis Bok, age 41, will end his six-month tenure as Harvard's President-designate and embark on a course replete with pitfalls-a course subject to myriad pressures-as the 25th President of the University...
Western intelligence analysts reckon that China is about to embark on a major expansion of domestic-and eventually international-air service. Soviet and British (Hawker Siddeley) sales teams are already in Peking offering attractive credit terms on medium-range jets; the French are also said to be in the running. Mao's wingmen will no doubt play one competitor off against another to get the best deal. In addition to buying directly from a manufacturer, the Chinese may consider picking up secondhand 727s or 707s from Western airlines...
...students, Faculty and Administration. The current state of disarray that characterizes the CRR makes it singularly unacceptable for the task of upholding ideals of freedom, when it itself has violated so many parallel freedoms of judicial process. If the disciplinary process upon which the Administration seems ready to embark is to follow the scenarios of the past two springs it will only further undermine faith in the University...