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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bomber that never became operational. Belenko's MiG was equipped with obsolescent electronic targeting and radar systems. Its maximum range of 1,200 miles was short compared with the American F-4 Phantom fighter's 2,100 miles. Belenko's plane was also vastly inferior to the reconnaissance version of the Foxbat, which the U.S. has tracked over much longer ranges in the Middle East. Perhaps the most striking anomaly on Belenko's aircraft was the patches clumsily riveted to the plane's surface. Said one bemused U.S. aerodynamics expert: "Those repairs looked like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTELLIGENCE: Bonanza or Bust? | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

Most undergraduate musicians, however, doubt that an all Harvard orchestra would be inferior. There are countless capable players at Harvard with no orchestral affiliation; at least three musicians in recent years have been admitted to Music 180, a demanding performance seminar, while seeing what might well have been their places in HRO taken by outsiders. Even the student president of the orchestra acknowledges that admitting only Harvard musicians would not significantly alter the level of performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HRO Ringers | 10/22/1976 | See Source »

...spoke English. Dropout rates were twice the national average, and because of the systematic denigration of their culture, Indian children, more than any other minority group, believed themselves to be below average in intelligence. Explains N.C.C. President Thomas Atcitty: "For too long we were told our culture was inferior and should be forgotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sheepskins for Navajos | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

Along with some specific defenses of decisions on computer systems and applications, Harvard officials have argued, in Champion's words, that such decisions must involve some "trial and error" and loss of money. "An inferior system will work better among people who respect one another than a system that might be more useful" but that is being created or operated by persons suspicious of each other, Champion added...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Challenging Harvard's top dogs | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...difference in the way he would be treated. But Davis had spoken recently about genetics and racial differences; he should have known that people would relate that work with his statements. He should have realized that people would draw the conclusion that he believed that blacks are genetically inferior and therefore cannot ever be competent with the med school material...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: Underneath the Davis Affair | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

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