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...film unequivocally in Galvin's favor. Unlike Breaker Morant, there actually is a right decision and it is only a question of whether the court will make it. The court's decision is microscoped into the judgment of the fate of one man instead of being telescoped to encompass a much greater fate...
Mailer had managed to encompass the spectrum or American sensibility within himself. It was a sensibility that only the most expansive, sensitive and egotistical of American writers could claim to possess...
...sort arose precisely because we have been upset by the anti-Israel nature of many local responses to the war in Lebanon (the demonstrations at Holyoke Center, for example) and felt that such rallies and demonstrations were not the best way to confront this situation. The Israel-Arab conflict encompasses far more than the recent events in Lebanon, and its complexity deserves a format encouraging informational presentations and discussion, not slogan chanting. It was with this concern in mind that we--a varied group of undergraduates, almost all Jewish, whose other activities encompass leftist and community activism, Zionism, nuclear issues...
...Harvard instituted a Standing Committee on the Biological Basis of Behavior, it could encompass a wide range of faculty members--both tenured and non-tenured--as well as Harvard Affiliates in the areas of psychology, biology, anatomy, psychiatry, pharmacology and anthropology. The committee could be a resource of ideas, experiences and opportunities, available to both concentrators and non-concentrators who want to know what the study of Brain and Behavior is all about. A Standing Committee may not be the immediate solution to all of the problems encountered by students interested in neuroscience, but some progress must be made...
...University officials, he is the consummate administrator: thoughtful, fair, coolheaded and decisive. They say those qualities have shone through in Steiner's 12 years as general counsel to the University, a post which during Steiner's reign has grown to encompass labor, personnel and police issues in addition to legal concerns. And they expect equally satisfying results from Steiner in his new capacity as vice president and general counsel, a promotion President Bok announced last week...