Word: personalize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University's point was that its faculty should not include any person who did not live up to the highest moral and ethical standards. Harvard was regarded as a place where young men were taught to be gentlemen as well as scholars and professional exports. It was inconceivable that a man capable of deceit could remain on the teaching staff...
...greater admirer than the President. When the political demands for Adams' removal go up-Ike is likely to snort: "The trouble with those people is they don't understand integrity." And once, to a friend, President Eisenhower paid Adams the highest compliment at his command. "The only person who really understands what I am trying to do," said the President of the U.S., "is Sherman Adams...
Fluid Drive. In Hoboken. N.J., Bar Owner Albert W. Dreisbach was convicted of drunken driving, fined $200 despite his defense plea: "I just had my car winterized, and the fumes must have stayed on my person...
...Acting Director of the Admissions Office, David D. Henry '41, asserts that intellectual capacity is only one factor in considering applicants. His office is constantly looking for the person who stands out in some particular area, whether it be academic, athletic, musical, or some other field. The well-rounded boy, he maintains, will always have a place at Harvard. But the College is more interested in the boy with some special ability...
Whether or not these charges are wholly true, we are reassured that the Times will not be intimidated. It has again reiterated its policy of firing any discovered Communist on the grounds that such a person would be unable objectively and honestly to report the news. At the same time, the paper has wisely repudiated the doctrine of "irredeemable sin." Former association with the Communist party, or the use of the Fifth Amendment, is not in itself reason for dismissal. The Times has judged its employees, and will continue to do so, on their work and the paper's confidence...