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In 1975 Scott was taken by Andrew Newton, an erstwhile airline pilot, to a lonely moor at night; Scott was not harmed, but Newton shot his Great Dane, Rinka. Newton was sentenced to two years for possession of a firearm and intent to endanger life. There the matter might have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Vindication for Jeremy Thorpe | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

When thousands of badly deformed babies were born in the early 1960s to women who had taken the tranquilizer thalidomide, the tragedy underscored a brutal fact of life: would-be mothers exposed to drugs during pregnancy can endanger the health of their offspring. Indeed, doctors have long assumed that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fatherly Risk | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

Bok's second proposition is that decisions made on moral grounds will endanger the independence of the University. This argument, repeated in each of the letters, is a textbook example of circular reasoning. He writes in his first letter:

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: A Matter of Conscience | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

In no way is this letter meant to support the University's position in opposition to divestiture. My intent is simply to show that Mr. Bok's arguments are untenable. Although, Mr. Bok "abhors" apartheid, he will never be able to logically justify leading the University in taking a stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Divestiture? | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

Some say the University must preserve its neutrality, so as not to endanger its academic freedom, so as not to provoke political or economic retaliation. Now not only is it impossible for the University as an investor to be neutral, but also I do not think that academic freedom is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Transcript of Faculty Meeting | 5/3/1979 | See Source »

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