Word: minnesota
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Fleming, who was also considered by the University of Minnesota as a candidate for its presidency, will have his work cut out for him at Michigan. Although still one of the nation's best public universities, Michigan (enrollment: 36,000) recently has not kept up with its competition in the intense academic scramble for funds and professors. The faculty salary level has dropped from among the top five in the nation to 17th. All too often, in fiscal negotiations with the state legislature, Michigan, under retiring President Harlan Hatcher, 68, has been outmaneuvered by the aggressive lobbying...
...Minnesota's upright Senator Eugene McCarthy felt no embarrassment in accepting the use of a Lincoln Continental for a nominal yearly rental of $750, and Indiana's Senator Vance Hartke had a comparable deal with Chrysler. But Hartke has been a leader in the drive to force safety devices upon U.S. automakers. A legislator would have to be exceptionally malleable-or poor-to be seriously swayed by such amenities. What they can and do create is a climate of friendliness and mild obligation-but that, after all, is the essence of politics as well as public relations...
Thomas Jefferson urged that, "where the private interests of a member are concerned in a bill or question, he is to withdraw." Almost nobody follows Jefferson's rule. Argues Minnesota's Senator McCarthy: "For the most part, the gain to the individual Congressman includes the advancement of an interest that is shared by many other persons, including constituents. Consequently all of these would be unrepresented and would suffer if the individual member refrained...
Long one of the most dogged congressional critics of the Central Intelligence Agency, Minnesota's Senator Eugene McCarthy, 51, admitted sheepishly to the Women's National Press Club that he now rather hesitates to chastise members of groups bankrolled by the CIA. "I've just found out," he said, "that I'm a member of the board of directors of half a dozen different organizations supported...
...mammoth (6 ft. 7 in., 285 Ibs.) defensive end who responds to chants of "Kill Bubba, kill." The hapless New York Giants (1-12-1) were supposed to be No. 2 in line. But the Giants had already traded their position-plus a lot more-to the Minnesota Vikings for Quarterback Fran Tarkenton (TIME, March 17), and the Vikings lost no time hauling in Bubba's All-America teammate, Halfback Clint Jones. The Atlanta Falcons were slated for No. 3, but they passed that privilege on to the San Francisco 49ers in return for three veterans. San Francisco...