Word: latters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Graustein plan froze each department at its "historic size," and then determined the average length of time a professor stays on the Faculty. By dividing the latter figure (an estimated 34 years) by the former, the plan determines how often a department can appoint permanent members...
...University has a special contract with the Trust Co., which keeps Harvard's securities in its vaults as well as collecting dividends and clipping coupons for the busy Treasurer. The latter job, by the way, undoubtedly involves countless man-hours, for the current market value of the school's bond portfolio approximates...
Cabot refers to these latter gifts as "soft money," and while he is glad to have them, he points out that in these times, such donations are here today and gone almost before tomorrow. This is inevitable when investments provide proportionately only half the income they did in 1920 despite increases in both principle and rate of return...
...Private Schine. Conn "seems to have an almost passionate anxiety" to retain Schine, observed Senator Flanders. As to Schine, he continued: "At times [McCarthy] seems anxious to rid himself of the whole mess, and then again, at least in the presence of his assistant [Cohn], he strongly supports the latter's efforts to keep the Army private's services available. Does the assistant have some hold on the Senator? Can it be that our Dennis, so effective in making trouble for his elders, has at last gotten into trouble himself...
...Condon's letter, which has appeared in the press, contained a severe attack on Dr. Oppenheimer. Nevertheless, he now testifies that he is prepared to support Dr. Condon in the loyalty investigation of the latter . . . Loyalty to one's friends is one of the noblest of qualities. Being loyal to one's friends above reasonable obligations to the country and to the security system, however, is not clearly consistent with the interests of security...