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Individuals serving as House masters are required by the University to live in residences provided for that purpose and as part of their duties to entertain frequently students, members of the Faculty and visiting dignitaries. This arrangement benefits both the University and the students who gain from the social and intellectual contact with the masters and their guests. In recognition of the fact that the performance of these duties requires the maintenance of a large household and the serving of considerable quantities of refreshments beyond the normal family social needs, the University provides an entertainment fund to each...
Where has TIME been? It was common knowledge in the late '50s that the CIA film on President Sukarno's bedroom abilities [Feb. 2] was taken by Dr. Sukarno as so complimentary that he tried (unsuccessfully) to get copies for public viewing in Indonesia, and thereby gain increased respect among his countrymen...
...required by the University to live in the dormitories occupied by students or in buildings closely adjacent. They are all also required by the nature of their duties to entertain frequently students, members of the Faculty, and visiting dignitaries. This arrangement benefits both the University and the students who gain from the social and intellectual contact with Masters and their guests. Recognizing that the performance of those duties requires the maintenance of a relatively large household staff and the serving of considerable quantities of refreshments beyond normal family social needs, the University has provided this fund to be expended...
Immediately, problems surfaced in the form of the "Berlin Wall," an insurmountable barrier to communication with the President guarded by the ferocious watchdog team of John Ehrlichmann and H.R. Haldeman, whom Mollenhoff characterized as "inexperienced meddlers pulling political levers." Mollenhoff's unsuccessful early attempts to gain access to the Oval Office foreshadowed his later inability to implement any real reforms within the executive branch. "I had an opportunity from the first to view the real problems: excessive secrecy and an extreme political motivation that dominated their thinking," Mollenhoff said. These obsessions and the Nixon team's unshakeable belief in executive...
...major political drama is unfolding in Western Europe: the Communists' attempt to gain power by asserting that their brand of Marxism is just a benign, reformist force, quite unrelated to Moscow. They have said this before, of course, but they are now pushing the line to the point of no longer even sounding like Communists. Will non-Communist parties believe the line? If not, what will they do about it? All this may well be the most serious challenge to democratic values and security in Europe since the cold...