Word: exempt
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...SUPREME COURTS refusal this summer to exempt newsmen from divulging their sources before Federal grand juries strikes directly at the right of the American people to be informed by an unfettered press. In a decision based on the premise that a newsman, like any other citizen, must cooperate with a grand jury even though the jury may ask him to violate the confidence of persons who supply him information, the Court ignores the imperatives of investigative reporting. And it is largely through investigative reporting that the press serves the cause of justice and fulfills its role as the conscience...
...major consideration has been the endangering of Harvard's tax-exempt status. Massachusetts law exempts buildings used solely for educational purposes from the property tax rolls. James A. Sharaf '59, Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, said that he had told representatives of the Summer School and the University Film Society there may be "risks to the University," if film societies "show films on University property simply to provide entertainment...
...SUPREME COURT'S refusal last week to exempt newsmen from divulging their sources before Federal grand juries strikes directly at the right of the American people to be informed by an unfettered press. In a decision based on the promise that a newsman, like any other citizen, must cooperate with a grand jury even though the jury may ask him to violate the confidence of persons who supply him information, the Court ignores the imperatives of investigative reporting. And it is largely through investigative reporting that the press serves the cause of justice and fulfills its role as the conscience...
...build houses or plant crops. Rice has doubled in price. "Mujib" has announced a broad program of governmental assistance. Low-paid civil servants and employees of nationalized businesses will receive monthly cost of living allowances of $2 to $3.30. Small farmers who till eight acres or less will be exempt from rent arrears, interest and taxes. Mujib also raised the minimum wage from 100 takas to 150 takas ($20) a month...
...Committee on Fellowships has since modified the program so that the first $1000 of a student's bank account is exempt, as is all teaching income...