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...have that decision vindicated by an outside body. In recognition of these potential biases you stipulated that no member of the GSD Faculty could serve on this committee. Yet the nomination and election procedures were to be totally in your hands. This, I submit, retains a critical, although indirect, bias in the entire proceeding, one which seems to me repugnant to any true meaning of an impartial appeal. You have nonetheless insisted on adhering to that procedure, appending at various points a few procedural safeguards and concessions to my rights in order to introduce a modicum of fairness to those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hartman, in Memorandum, Seeks a New Review | 2/11/1972 | See Source »

Though only indirect evidence has been found in lunar rocks, the moon apparently once had a magnetic field. Finally, the differences in composition between the lunar highlands and the moon's maria are somewhat similar to those between the earth's relatively lightweight continents and its denser deep-sea floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of Mars and the Moon | 1/24/1972 | See Source »

Government statistics yield ample evidence of the extent to which the Lao economy is dependent on foreign assistance. Only 40 per cent of the Lao budget is raised locally--and seven-eights of this is through indirect taxes. The military and police get nearly 60 per cent of the budget, About two per cent goes to development...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: Hitchhiking Through Nixon's Laos | 1/20/1972 | See Source »

...Administration openly struck one bargain with Hoffa: his commutation requires that he "not engage in the direct or indirect management of any labor organization prior to March 1980." By then, he will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Hoffa Home Free | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

...economy. It reflects business trends and public expectations in highly exaggerated form, but there is usually enough reality underlying the distortions so that it cannot be ignored. This is especially true now that the market affects the wealth of 100 million Americans, who have at least an indirect stake in stocks through mutual funds, pension funds and insurance policies. For the past three weeks, the market has been projecting a mood of deep nervousness. By last week, eleven straight daily declines had dragged the Dow Jones industrial average down to 836, a fall of about 85 points from early September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STOCK MARKET: Descent into Limbo | 11/8/1971 | See Source »

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