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...serious modern art may regularly be seen) is inexplicably worth 300. Similar ratings are given for participation in group shows, appearance in art books, and the like. The figures seem to be plucked from the air. And so one trudges through what Bongard terms his "parameters," never meeting an iota of proof for these mock-objective confections of status, lost in a parody of credit rating...
...point that Leverett House is missing is that negotiation with anyone, let alone the CHUL, could not change one iota the unfair basic structure...
Speaking of his own position, Rather said that Nixon's campaign had not made "one iota of difference" in his relations with CBS executives. "In my opinion, network television journalism is the freest area in all of journalism," he added...
Westmoreland's highly active style has bothered some critics, who charge that he is using his task-force job simply to buck for a promotion. "I don't think he or the task force has contributed one iota toward economic growth or foreign trade," complains State Development Board Member Pete J. Stathakis, a Democrat. A top official of the State Board of Health, one of several agencies with which Westmoreland works closely, says the general "has got to learn that he cannot run us like a bunch of privates and get cooperation." But on the whole, Westy gets...
...iota different from George Wallace or the American Nazi party. He should be totally ignored." --Richard C. Lewontin'50, Agassiz Professor of Comparative Zoology...