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...facto commander in chief in military matters. Virulent dissent asserted by politically minded doves in the U.S. Congress will do irreparable harm to the international strength of America, as it struggles for even a morsel of indication from North Viet Nam that an honorable peace is possible. Half a million men on Asian soil are bleeding and dying for a united America. We owe them nothing less than a united America...
...Johnson Administration's insistence on dictating South Vietnam's future, and the American negotiators in Paris continue to behave as though there were any legitimate claims in Vietnam about which to negotiate. Meanwhile U.S. and Vietnamese casualties continue to rise. Secretary Laird makes bland predictions about keeping half a million men in Vietnam for "at least" two years, and there are ominous rumors of a resumption of the air war against North Vietnam...
...proved that such a reallocation was being made, it is hard to understand the critical importance of the $30,000 to $50,000 saved each year by reductions in the scholarships of students on probation--particularly in view of the Committee's request for a $1.5 million budget for next year. If the scholarship Committee does indeed run a deficit, that can only mean that the Faculty should reconsider the priorities of its budget. Harvard needs to allocate much more money towards the recruitment of students from low-income families. The solution to the scholarship situation...
Money Witness. Baring-Gould's literary detective work is clearly intended for confirmed Nero Wolfe fans. Since Wolfe books have sold an average of 20,000 copies each in hard-cover and there are 12 million of them in print in paperback, that makes for quite a sizable group. Still, not everybody can be interested in such minutiae as the diameter of the globe in Wolfe's office (32⅜") and the derivation of his special breed of albino orchids (from Paphiopedilurn lawrenceanum hyeanum...
...Volpe seems headed for his first major blunder as Secretary of Transportation. Volpe announced this weekend that he would soon decide whether the government should continue its drive to build a supersonic transport (SST). In doing so, Volpe left broad hints that he is eager to send another $300 million of federal money down the SST drain...