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Derek Bok purportedly also danced around this issue of citizenship and Harvard at a talk he gave shortly before stepping down as President of the University, saying he would prefer to leave that question to his successor. Why are administrators wary of committing themselves publicly to the principle that Harvard College should aim to make its students good citizens, and if it is not accomplishing that goal, then ought something to change...
...radioed, "Pan! Pan! Pan!...We have smoke in the cockpit" to the control tower in Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. (Pan is an international distress signal less urgent than Mayday.) The pilot requested diversion to Boston, but when told that Halifax, only 70 miles away, was nearer, he responded, "Prefer Halifax." When the plane was about 30 miles away from the airport, Zimmermann advised that he needed more than that distance to land. He was told to turn left to lose altitude. Still descending, the pilot next reported, "We must dump some fuel." At 9:24 he declared an emergency...
...Sutton (Hall of Fame pitcher): "Both are red hot. I would prefer not to see either one of them...
After reading the letter from Canadian Peter T. Lochtie commenting that baseball was invented, watched and played by morons [LETTERS, Aug. 17], I had to respond. Mr. Lochtie, would you prefer for us to watch the "sport" of curling? Or maybe hockey--where all but the few truly terrible teams somehow make the playoffs? Granted the sport of baseball has changed over the years, and not always for the better, but to condemn it across the board is ridiculous. Please, sir, leave my national pastime to me, and I'll leave yours to you. MITCHEL W. GILREATH Lewiston...
...people of the U.S. decide to dispose of Clinton, maybe we can trade. We offer 20 Italian politicians, all guaranteed sexually harmless, for one U.S. President. Just come and pick the ones you prefer; we have a rich choice. FABIO FUMI Trieste, Italy...