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...Reese, argued that no scholarly privilege should exist. Asked by the court whether this might have a detrimental effect on further research--as affidavits for Popkin state--Reese replied that "although there may be a chilling effect, the interest of the public must be balance" Against the possible harm to the national security...
...Bates, the club librarian, said yesterday that the Club functioned normally throughout the strike. He declined to reveal the final settlement, maintaining that he did not want to harm negotiations now underway in other clubs...
...primaries have demonstrated the high cost and frequent irrelevance of the cumbersome process by which the U.S. selects its candidates for President. The Wallace victory reveals that a man possessing few qualifications for the high office-and virtually no chance for his party's nomination-can seriously harm and endanger candidates with a solid potential for national leadership...
...view of the common assumption of the critics of Richard Herrnstein, as reported in Crimson columns, that his article on intelligence testing can only be used to harm minorities and those who do poorly on such tests, it may be of interest that Judge D.J. Wyzanski, in ruling last December against the use of a general intelligence type test in selecting Boston policemen, based himself in Herrnstein's article as an authority. The case was brought by unsuccessful black and Puerto Rican applicants for policemen's jobs. Applicants from these groups failed the general intelligence type test disproportionately, and Judge...
Former Budget Director Charles Schultze lists some other unproductive expenditures: the building of giant dams that yield little economic return, even in terms of lower power costs, but harm the environment by flooding areas of great scenic beauty; irrigation projects that subsidize the growing in Western deserts of crops for which the Agriculture Department is trying to cut acreage elsewhere; farm price supports that benefit mostly higher-income farmers; subsidies to general aviation that aggravate airport congestion by encouraging private flying. The nation can no longer afford such extravagances, but they continue because they are promoted by powerful self-interest...