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...hypothesis that genetic factors are primarily responsible for differences in achievement. The first reason, he admits, is that we have no studies dealing with the heretability of characteristics within racial groups. "Our knowledge of the heretability of intelligence in different racial and cultural groups," he admits, "is nil." Jensen goes on to affirm that he raises the entire question only in the interests of scientific inquiry...
...American goal-tender Ken Dryden--the single most important reason for Cornell's success in the past three years. The 6-3, 210-pound Dryden is the East's top defender, averaging less than two goals allowed per game. If he is hot, Harvard's chances will be virtually nil...
...illegal detainees." Paul Warnke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, finds it "unthinkable that these men will be court-martialed for signing a false statement. All the confession shows is the bestiality of the treatment they received. The harm done to the national interest is next to nil...
...loopholes and modify the oil-depletion allowance; an expansion of child-health programs; and a new package of consumer-protection measures, including one dealing with the quality of eggs. Even if the President were to make the requests, the chances of enacting any of them before Jan. 20 are nil. But such a maneuver would give congressional Democrats a program to work with-perhaps at the expense of Nixon...
...event that there will be no breakthrough in the Paris talks in the next month, the new Administration must then attempt to find a settlement formula. If he cannot achieve the "honorable" terms he talked of during the campaign, Nixon's prospects for a successful Administration are practically nil. Beyond Viet Nam, Nixon is pledged to a "new diplomacy." Its aim is to concentrate heavily on the search for common ground with the Soviets and the rehabilitation of the Atlantic Alliance, to reach understanding