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...Harvard wishes to satisfy the legitimate and growing interest in film education, the University will have to support, not harass, individual efforts such as those of Mr. Michaud. We call upon the West European Studies Department to release the money raised by the October 3 screening and to make public its dealings with Mr. Michaud so that the community as a whole may judge the fairness with which this matter is handled. Stephen Rose The Orson Welles Theatre
...dramatic assault quickly became clear. In a surprise push, the Israelis sent a spearhead of tanks and armor across the canal just north of the Bitter Lakes to the western bank. The goal of the task force was to destroy missile and artillery sites in Egypt and harass the supply lines that nourished the Egyptian divisions in the Sinai. The Israelis quickly resupplied the infiltration commando force with tanks, halftracks and artillery, first by barge and later across bridges hastily constructed north of the Great Bitter Lake. By week's end the force of 15,000 men was making...
...down. "We had a delicate time last week," he admits. "People were getting hysterical. They were saying: 'The Russians are sending the Arabs everything they need. What in hell is this goddam Government doing?' I told New York not to get excited. I told them not to harass the Government. The help was coming. I sensed...
...Professor John Ely points out that it will be difficult for the defense attorneys "to investigate leaks without being given access to the entirety of the Government's case, which is wrong." The broad powers to fish for any information they want could also be used to harass the prosecution. Says Columbia Law Professor Abraham Sofaer: "No one's ingenuity could possibly anticipate all the ways the defense lawyers could misuse this power." In addition, the threat of being subpoenaed could intimidate some newsmen and keep them from pursuing stories unfavorable to Agnew. Because he is, after...
...that his calls for confrontation were insincere. For one thing, Egypt seemed to be pathetically ill-prepared for any battle, militarily or economically. The troops mobilized along the Suez Canal seemed to be in uniform as much to keep many of them out of civilian unemployment statistics as to harass Israel. Largely because of faulty distribution facilities, there were shortages of everything from cooking oil to the tomatoes that Egyptians love. Corruption was rampant, protests increased, and repression followed. When university students demonstrated in the spring to criticize their lack of job futures, they were hauled off to jail...