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...Drake, I was shackled by a typical grant-in-aid athletic scholarship, a stagnant academic environment and a stifled social life. I came to Harvard--as most students do--primarily for personal advancement. First I wanted to equip my mind so that one day I might become an anthropological authority. I thought a Harvard degree would enhance my credibility in this pursuit. Now I feel it might have the opposite effect. Additionally, I came to continue my gridiron "super nigger" exploits...
...rationality. In an important sense, seaworthiness "is" the practice of captains and outfitters of shipt; and maximizing profits "is" the business conduct of men of affair. If current trade practice emphatically recommends the use of ship to shore radios, a ship owner can be held liable for neglecting to equip his tugs with them. If businessmen decide that socially responsible investments are indespensible to preserve long-term profits, the courst are likely to agree with them. A recent article in the B.U. Law Review maintains...
...unimaginative-the best we had in a time when that best seemed more adequate to deal with the world than it does today. As the book goes along, one is inclined to forgive Henry, and the author, the narrative necessities that shoot him hither and yon and miraculously equip him with the Russian and German necessary to do his work for Wouk, F.D.R. and the reader...
...another case, Ralph Nader has filed suit demanding that the President release White House documents concerning a Department of Transportation decision to delay the date when auto manufacturers must equip their cars with safety air bags. Again, the Administration has claimed executive privilege...
...industry adds benzene and toluene to the cheaper grades of petrol, which the sun's rays convert into highly toxic gases. Compounding the ecological tragedy still further, the number of private cars in Tokyo has doubled within the past three years, and the Japanese car manufacturers, who equip automobiles exported to the U.S. with exhaust-control devices, follow no such restraints in their own domestic market...