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There is a factual misstatement which appeared in an article on Thursday, March 15, that I should like to correct. You stated "Alpert also asserted that the Food and Drug Administration. The University Health Services, and the synthesizer of psilocybin have approved the experiments." I did not say that and it is not true. None of these organization are set up to pass judgment on research. What I did say was (1) the Food and Drug Administration knows of our work and a discussion with them brought to light no illegality in our research activities, (2) the University Health Services...
...would like to thank Mr. Nash for his fine defense of the H.A.A. and Frank Lunden. The irrefutable factual approach was really magnificent. Take, for instance, his argument against there being any graft in the H.A.A. Mr. Nash says, "Of course, this point is ridiculous, and I won't consider it further." What logic...
...moral beliefs of the defendants, but the fact that in trying to crash the gates of the Wethersfield base, they had conspired to violate Britain's Official Secrets Act. Backing him up, the bench brushed aside the defendants' attempts to question witnesses on ethical rather than on factual grounds. One such witness was U.S. Scientist Linus Pauling, an ardent ban-the-bomber who had flown to London from California specially to testify on behalf of the defendants. When he was asked his views about civil defense, disarmament and nuclear war, Mr. Justice Havers ruled the questions...
...inclination to be hilariously wrong. With authority and certitude, she misplaces geographical landmarks, mispronounces French words, and misnames the heroes of history. WOR listeners tune her in with something of the same impulse that makes crowds gather at a fatal accident. When one correspondent caught her flatfooted in a factual error, she noted his return address and sniffed characteristically: "If he's so smart, what's he still doing in Perth Amboy, New Jersey?" Says one regular: "I listen to Dorothy and Dick every morning just to get the poisons out of my system...
...Granger Morgan '63, editor-in-chief, stated that the purpose of the new magazine was to "combine many topics and views which until now could be found only in separate publications." The non-partisan magazine will not have an editorial policy, presenting instead factual information or several differing interpretations of current issues...