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This decidedly left stance of the Economics Department does much to impair the quality of education here...
...July 24 vote on aid to Turkey [Aug. 4], the House allowed 223 political naivniks at one blow to usurp foreign policy prerogatives of President and Senate, gravely impair the defense postures of both NATO and the U.S., drive away our staunchest ally, and seriously reduce the potential warning time that may literally spell life or death for millions of Americans in event of nuclear...
...must seize the initiative and help to devise new mechanisms that will enable us to work with the government to insure that universities respond to public needs without being subject to restrictions that ignore our special circumstances and impair our ability to be of continuing use to society...
...studded with ratings of "absolutely superior," Leonard Matlovich, 31, is the very model of a modern technical sergeant. He is also a professed practicing homosexual. As such, he has become a celebrity in the armed forces, which every year drums out hundreds of homosexuals on grounds that they "seriously impair discipline, good order, morale and security." Tall and redhaired, Matlovich has become, in the words of American Civil Liberties Union Lawyer David Addlestone, "a beautiful case" for legally challenging the military's prohibition against homosexuals...
...Pentagon plans to hold to its rulebook. The presence of homosexuals in the service, it argues, could impair recruitment; other young men might feel anxious about living in close quarters with them. In addition, Defense Department officials contend, homosexuals cannot command respect as officers or noncoms and are prey to blackmailers. Replies Matlovich, who had top-secret clearance in the 1960s while working as an electrician on Minutemen ICBM silos: "Who's going to blackmail...