Word: indirectness
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Such pressures, direct and indirect, have had a profound impact on the 630,000 seniors who will pick up diplomas this spring. While many?perhaps a majority?are the familiar breed who spent their years at college in pursuit of an education or a profession without fretting too much over the meaning of either, even the quiet ones have been affected more than they show. Those who are in the really new mold sometimes show it by a defiance in dress: beards beneath the mortarboards, microskirts or faded Levis under the academic gowns. More often, and far more significantly...
...divided into 16 groups. Two of these groups show a marked, though brief, increase when a pigeon learns his pecking order; the increase in a third group lasts longer-from three to eleven months. From his observations, Bogoch postulates that memory is encoded in the protein-sugar combinations. As indirect proof, he has found that drugs that prevent the formation of body sugars also impair the memories of trained animals...
GSOC has drafted a platform supporting Afro's recent demands and urging withdrawal from Vietnam. The Committee also opposes "university support, direct and indirect...
...balance of payments deficit, the Administration since January has been pondering, among other things, a 2% border tax on imports. Border taxes, however, if applied broadly, would require a major overhaul of the U.S. tax system. Under GATT rules, before such levies can be made on imports, indirect taxes must first be collected on domestically manufactured products, though they can be rebated on exports. Another alternative is a 5% tariff surcharge, but the U.S. cannot lawfully impose one under GATT rules without a most unlikely special dispensation from its trading partners...
These two Faculty committees make decisions which directly affect the lives of undergraduates, but students have only an indirect opportunity to influence their decisions. The Harvard Policy Committee considers academic questions, and passes resolutions and suggestions on to the CEP, while the HUC serves the same role for the Committee on Houses...