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...nightmare of diplomats is a vision of dozens of countries of every size and temperament in possession of the nuclear bomb. This nightmare haunts the U.S. and the Soviet Union most of all, since together they have the overwhelming majority of the weapons and an acute realization of the unimaginable destruction that they could work. In recent months the two nations have put together a draft treaty that would limit nuclear weapons to countries that already have them and ask all others to forgo an atomic arsenal. Last week, as the diplomats of 18 nations gathered in Geneva to discuss...
Ultimate adoptation of the new system would rest with the organizations themselves, since most of them possess a considerable degree of sutonomy...
There are competent people about--students and section men alike. But Finley, for 25 years Master of Eliot House, reserves his highest praise for those who possess the elusive and transcendent quality of flair. His own, of course, is legendary. In appearance he combines the best traits of Henry James' English gentleman and Robert Frost's New England farmer. Custom tailored three-piece suits with cuffs that really button set off a lined, craggy face. The white hair is long, sometimes over the collar, and the flaring bushy eyebrows suggest now an urbane devil, now a hoary Puck...
...remarkable gift for selfcontrol. In his personal manner, and in his writing and speaking, he apparently has complete control over his emotions. They never intrude into the bright, short sentences. This could be the product of years of iron selfdiscipline and scholarly commitment, but Fairbank seems to possess a more natural gift--perspective. Behind that curious, expressionless face lies...
Harrison C. White, associate professor of Sociology, contended that Faculty members did not have enough information to deal effectively with the deferment question. They did not have detailed information about student opinion on deferments, he said, nor did they possess enough knowledge about the consequences of eliminating...