Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government of the Government Department is very feudal," Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, chairman of the department, said last month. "The king is weak and the barons are strong, with the system designed to promote the common good of finding the best possible barons without promoting the selfish good of each one more than is necessary...
...selfish good" Mansfield was referring to the desires of some professors to stock the department with professors of their own scholarly persuasion or perhaps to judge candidates on the basis of personal or political biases. "It's silly to deny that politics has any effect," Mansfield said, "but overall the process is remarkably straight and fair...
...when the department meets to consider nominating someone for a permanent appointment, the discussions must be thorough, because, as Mansfield said, "once a professor is accepted, he becomes infinitely wise and it is no longer possible to raise the questions that were raised when he was discussed...
...faculty also appointed three selection committees: one to study the Kearns nomination, one to look for a professor in constitutional law and a third one that Mansfield said he couldn't talk about, "but was no great secret...
Price Surge. After eleventh-hour talks with Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and House Speaker Carl Albert, Ford agreed to give Mansfield time to investigate support in the Senate for compromise legislation that would eventually phase out restrictions. Ford promised that if prospects for phased decontrol still seem promising this week, he will agree to a further extension of controls for 30 days or more to allow time for legislation to be prepared...