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...extensive travels often proved useful in unexpected ways. "I had visited northeastern India in the summer of 1962," he recalled; "when fighting broke out there in October, I was the only one able to instruct our men about the terrain...
...arts college: "the enlightenment of his audience." He wrote that "great art depends on great patronage of art . . . it depends on high standards measured against universals, upon good taste and informed criticism." The liberal arts college, which attempts to set standards of excellence in scholarship, should also wish to instruct its students in what Harvard's Eduard Seklar calls "visual literacy...
...AAUP asked the administration to instruct the university attorney to handle Kerciu's case. Although the university requested the State College Board to appoint a special attorney to defend Kercui, the Board had not acted when Blackwell dropped his charges...
...Captain Proctor, who swore that he and the district attorney had framed a question to deceive the jury, the committee says the jury "must have understood the plain English words." This is discernibly false. Not only did the judge instruct the jury that Proctor's testimony meant that "the fatal Winchester bullet . . . was fired through the barrel of the Colt Automatic pistol found upon the defendant Sacco at the time of his arrest." The newspapers of the day also failed to understand "the plain English words." "EXPERTS PICK MURDER PISTOL; Declare Bullet from Sacco's Gun Caused Death of Berardelli...
...does not expect to be a career officer, explained his motives on general grounds: "The self-confidence that I built up and the experience of taking and giving orders is in itself a justification for completing the program. Wherever you work, you will be required to follow the instructions of those above you and to instruct those below...