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Tough Laws, Tough Penalties. Despite the horrors terrorists have inflicted on Western Europe, the punishment imposed by courts has been surprisingly light. A Rand Corp. study covering the years 1968 to 1976 indicated that terrorists had an almost 80% chance of evading death or imprisonment for their crimes. Stanley Hoffmann, professor of government at Harvard, believes that terrorists have been let off easier because of the "they're all pampered children of the middle class" theory. He is struck by the fact that so many terrorist acts have taken place in West Germany, Italy and Japan, the three defeated...
...proposed core curriculum unpleasant and unappetizing. Perhaps the most offensive aspect of the proposal is the assumption that the Harvard Faculty, in its collective wisdom, is entitled to define a well-rounded student. We would like to propose a small test for Dean Rosovsky, Professor of Government Stanley H. Hoffmann, and any other self-proclaimed "Renaissance men" who support the core curriculum. We suggest that sample final examinations be composed for each of the proposed core courses, and that these examinations be administered to all those harbingers of the "new era in undergraduate education." The completed examination booklets would...
Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government and director of the Center for European Studies, said yesterday he was "nauseated" by "Holocaust" because the series is "badly acted, mechanical and entirely cliched." He added it is a "collection of stereotypes...
...even exist 20 years ago. But the hottest growth area is the small new firm with a big name on its shingle. Among former Government luminaries who helped to open offices during the past two years: ex-Federal Trade Commission Chairman Lewis Engman, ex-Army Secretary Martin R. Hoffmann, ex-Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott and ex-CIA Director William Colby. Old-line firms also face competition from specialty firms staffed by former congressional counsels or agency lawyers who helped draft the regulations that clients must now live with. Many of the outfits focus on growth areas...
...appearances of international figures in communism at American universities reflect recent changes in the government's visa policies. While the Ford administration discouraged such visits, the present one has facilitated them by relaxing restraints on the granting of visas, Hoffmann said...