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...ballot an initiative constitutional amendment." Proposition 14 which would not only nullify the Rumford Act and other equal housing ordinances, but would also forbid the legislature to pass such laws again. The State Supreme Court, one of the nation's most liberal, claims that the initiative raises "grave constitutional questions," but refuses to rule on the proposition before the election...
...Jenkins case raised new doubts about the effectiveness of U.S. security agencies. Are the FBI and the Secret Service, recently rebuked by the Warren Commission for their sloppy work before the Kennedy assassination, once again guilty of grave inefficiency? Should the CIA or any other security agency be denied the authority to check out White House staffers who handle the nation's top secrets? Just what kind of atmosphere prevails in Washington when local police would rather let a case rest than risk getting "burned" by Government officials or Congressmen...
...answer is important not only because 16 students have been deprived of tutorial, but also because the problem raises grave doubts about the success of two major faculty policies. First, is Dean Ford's program to improve undergraduate instruction, particularly the addition of middle-level sections and course assistantships, taking teaching fellows from the tutorial program? Second, will the departments find themselves physically unable to implement the Gill Plan without making major new outlays of income, such as hiring additional instructors, and some significant changes in departmental make-up? Dean Ford and the faculty should begin immediately to find...
...Harvard, meanwhile, a great deal of rethinking has to be done. One of the strong assumptions of Soviet studies here has been that once a Soviet dictator is firmly entrenched in power he cannot be removed from within except as a result of grave mental disability or death. This unexpected succession throws the neatly drawn "characteristics of totalitarian dictatorship" out of order...
...Grave & Reformed. Adams' two older brothers were black sheep. John Adams II was kicked out of Harvard for joining in a riot, and the family allowed him to settle down as the manager of a flour mill in Washington. George became an alcoholic, had an illegitimate child by a servant girl, and finally committed suicide. Charles Francis, who would have preferred to be a scholar, felt obligated to carry on the family tradition of public service. He cut down on the drinking bouts, made an effort to appear "grave, sober, formal, precise and reserved," and began his new career...