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...problems of doing a musical in the Loeb, or those of selecting a new script for the Hasty Pudding show, or of converting a dining hall into a theater and reconverting it after each night's performance. A reviewer needs to see these things, not to encourage a more lax critical standard (theater people are generally among the most demanding play-goers at Harvard), but to encourage a better, different standard. If The Crimson wants to rescue its reputation for the fires of thespian damnation, maybe its editors should give reviewers some on the job training. Who knows? It certainly...
...best symphony in the world, and no one expects it to be. But this does not excuse their frequent drowning out of Starker. The acoustics of Sanders Theater leave much to be desired, but HRO is no newcomer to Mem Hall. Conductor James Yannatos was lax in regulating the orchestra's volume...
While Congress would be lax if it did not create a strong and independent prosecutor, members of the House must realize that this action is no substitute for speedy impeachment. A special prosecutor must see that guilty individuals be investigated and brought to justice; it is the responsibility of Congress to see that office holders who abuse their power be removed from office. Each day it becomes clearer that Nixon, through deceit and ignorance of the standards of law and morality, has disqualified himself from holding the presidency a day longer. Congress must impeach and remove Nixon from office without...
Agnew would be much better protected by the strict rules of evidence in a courtroom than by the comparatively lax procedures of a House hearing...
...face deeply lined, his raspy voice clearly conveying his indignation, Petersen, 52, rejected all charges at that time that his division's Watergate prosecution had been lax. His tactic, he testified, was to get convictions against the actual burglars, then grant them immunity against further prosecution and pressure them into revealing the higher origins of the crime. He claimed that the case had been 90% solved when it was taken away from him. "Damn it!" he protested. "I resent the appointment of a special prosecutor...