Word: handbooks
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...Kaufmann Inc. stands for the technocratic. The two letters most frequently heard at Kaufmann's modest headquarters in Los Altos, Calif., are "AI" (artificial intelligence), the science of making computers "think." In 1980 a professor from nearby Stanford came to Kaufmann, a former editor of science books, with a handbook of artificial intelligence. Most Eastern publishers might have rejected it by return mail; Kaufmann enthusiastically agreed to publish the three-volume set for $120 per set. A science book club alone ordered more than 10,000 sets, surprising everyone but the publisher. "People with unusual projects have been attracted...
...addition, information about the University's museums, libraries and civic assistance efforts is also presented in the 35-page handbook which will be distributed to local leaders and neighborhood groups...
...purpose of the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities are set forth in the Handbook for Students, in the second and third paragraphs of the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities (pages 78-79): They are 1. To see that the University honors its obligation to "affirm, assure, and protect the rights of its members to organizations, convene and conduct public meetings, publicly demonstrate and picket in orderly fashion, advocate, and publicize opinion by print, sign, and voice;" 2. To deal with any interferences with the administrative processes and activities of the University, and actions by members of the University that violate...
Liberals--and all who support the divestment movement--should oppose the CRR on ethical grounds. It is a kangaroo court that is brought our only when the student movement gets too successful and not, as stated in the Student Handbook, when violations of free speech occur. The CRR's history shows otherwise...
...violated a 15-year-old Faculty declaration on freedom of speech and movement in the University. That statement, the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities, was approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1970 in the midst of intense student protest activity. It appears in the College's Handbook for Students and is reprinted below...