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...real problem, aside from the indiscreet wasp, is how to deal with an illogical and somewhat typical woman. Kendra Stearns does a superb job of defending her nudity and bewildering her husband, an ambitious French Deputy (David Mills...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Please Don't Walk Around in the Nude | 5/17/1963 | See Source »

...above case, the misuse of numbers pinpoints the inadequacy of any model that describes the two elements of the initial set as rational and discreet. Clearly the elements of such sets are often irrational--and consequently indiscreet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Place of William James in Philosophy | 5/9/1963 | See Source »

Judge Webster Thayer, a garrulous and somewhat simple man, engaged in frequent indiscreet conversations outside the courtroom, according to the testimony of five witnesses. On one occasion he rehearsed a portion of his charge to a friend, asking every so often, "That will hold them, don't you think?" Another time he asked an acquaintance, "Did you see what I did with those anarchistic bastards the other...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: President Lowell and the Sacco-Vanzetti Case | 4/17/1963 | See Source »

...after final arguments were made on July 25, is a disappointing document. It is a conglomeration of unsupported conclusions, and each conclusion seems to be the same: prosecution witnesses were believed, defense witnesses were not. It finds the trial to be just and fair, since although the judge was "indiscreet in conversation with outsiders," he had not communicated his predisposition to the jury; this is based on the jurors' statements that the judge did not prejudice their outlook...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: President Lowell and the Sacco-Vanzetti Case | 4/17/1963 | See Source »

...know much about the lawsuit to which Mr. Monro and the CRIMSON have referred, except that pre-trial depositions indicated HSA had employed a Yale student to write part of a travel guide that it published. This seems indiscreet, even if it was good business, and paradoxical in view of the Dean's comments about helping needy Harvard students. Stephen F. Jencks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPLY TO DEAN MONRO | 4/9/1963 | See Source »

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