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...Although the committee will proceed expeditiously, it is impossible to predict how long it will take the committee to perform its task," Bok said. Cotton replied, "If we're going to get change this year, it can't be made the day before exams. That just won't work...
...Hugh Hefner remarked: "Whatever I am is unique" [Feb. 14]. Mr. Hefner may very well be unique, but so are certain rare diseases. He then stated that he was sure he "will be remembered as one significant part of our time." Whether or not he will be, I cannot predict. I can see no reason why he should be. People were enjoying sex and seeking pleasure long before Hefner made his appearance. Hedonism is one of the oldest and most common of all philosophies. In every age it has appealed primarily to men of the lowest character and intellect...
...steel strike; then some of the steel that was delivered turned unexpectedly brittle at low temperatures. Redesign of the oxygen system was called for after the fatal Apollo fire, and that was followed by a series of seawater and helium leaks. At week's end no one would predict how long it will be until Sealab is again judged seaworthy...
...self are experienced "in terms of a consistent identity, a me-here over against you-there, within a framework of certain ground structures of space and time shared with other members of society." The ego is both the product and the instrument of socialization. Alienation is ego-tripping, the predict of excessive adjustment to society. By dissolving the ego, the self can be resurrected and can enter other worlds of "inner" space and time. Laing's other worlds are individual need not commit his experience to political control...
...decision of whether or not to discuss merging the two schools rests with the Harvard Corporation, Mrs. Bunting said yesterday. She declined to predict the Corporation's decision, but said that President Pusey had attended yesterday's meeting of the trustees and had seemed favorable toward the proposal...