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...libidos of the Dani. Under questioning, tribesmen said violation of the post partum abstinence would cause trouble with the tribe's ghosts. Yet the Dani are notably blase about their ghosts, and Heider concludes that their observance of this supernatural sanction "must be understood as fairly casual, pro forma...
Although departmental courses require approval of the Faculty, such approval is usually pro forma. However, the Faculty Council has asked Forbes and James D. Yannatos, senior lecturer on Music and director of the HRO, to discuss the department's latest proposal with the council next week...
Richard E. Kronauer, McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as acting master of Adams House pending the pro forma approval of the Board of Overseers, Robert J. Kiely, master of Adams, said yesterday...
However, according to one highly placed administration source, such an offer is largely pro forma. The Overseers haven't turned down a suggestion for tenure since "at least the 1930s," the source said...
Despite the pro forma disclaimers, Woodward and Bernstein weave a brisk and convincing narrative in their sequel to the bestselling All the President's Men. They do not alter the broad outlines of the now-familiar drama of Watergate. But with their spare, police-beat style, they do manage to pin down each painful, often poignant detail as the curtain dropped on a collapsing President and an embittered staff...