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...freewheeling style so offended colleagues in the philosophy department that his friend and patron, President Robert Maynard Hutchins, had to tuck Adler into the law school, where he held the informal title of Professor of Blue Sky. He has always cherished the role of what he calls a "non grata in academe," preferring to communicate his message, largely through his books, to America at large. He has done so with such success that Michael Timpane, president of Columbia's Teachers College, calls Adler "the last great Aristotelian," that is, life master of deductive logic...
North is now persona non grata at the White House. Last Wednesday he surrendered his pass, and the next morning was ignominiously turned away at the gate. His office has been sealed by the FBI. If it is established that North was behind the arms sales, he may be prosecuted for violation of the Arms Export Control Act, which requires congressional notification of all American arms transfers. A friend of North's recalls that the Marine often joked about the possibility of being jailed or court-martialed. For Ollie North, it was all in the line of duty...
Five of the diplomats were declared "persona non grata" in retaliation for the earlier expulsion of five U.S. diplomats from Moscow. The additional 50 were ordered out to bring the Soviet embassy staff in Washington and consulate staff in San Francisco "to parity" with the size of the U.S. contingent in Moscow and Leningrad...
...five Soviets declared "persona non grata" were identified as counselors Vasiliy Fedotov, Oleg Likhachev and Aleksandr Metelkin and attache Nikolay Kokovin, all at the embassy in Washington, and Lev Zaytsev, consul in San Francisco...
...unexpected move leaves the Reagan Administration in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Said one weary State Department official: "It looks like we're stuck with him." That may be premature. This week the U.S. will press ahead in its search for a home for the former President turned persona non grata...