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...really wants to win adherents to his theory of genetic inequality, Prof. R.J. Herrnstein would do well to answer his most competent critics, rather than the oversimplifications and innacuracies he selects for attack in his Crimson article of Nov. 27. That article is addressed to almost every peripheral issue, but is notably barren of cogent argument addressed to the central point: are differences between human beings caused primarily by environment, or primarily by heredity...
...executive is lured from another company at a lush salary, his arrival will automatically hold down the raises of his new colleagues. Another common complaint is that executives will have less incentive to work hard to raise prof its, if a doubling of profits increases their bonuses only...
...such situations, the lawyer's supposedly detached view has in fact be come much the same as that of any prof it-anxious corporate manager. Since lawyers also find themselves with similarly heavy commitments in politics - and since, in addition, they are the principal intermediaries between business and government - the maintenance of an above-the-action detachment is both difficult and not always personally satisfying. To be the commander or a chief deputy has a natural appeal...
...Prof. Bell and other black separatists among Negro faculty have a right to differ with me, but it is ridiculous to characterize my view as a "vicious slande," of black students. There is nothing slanderous in the statement that bad admissions decisions by Harvard's admissions office is partly responsible for the poor intellectual and academic performance of black students. This is simply a question of fact, and Prof. Bell cannot remove it by rhetorical outbursts...
...pathetic feature of Prof. Bell's letter centers on his extraordinary effort to portray himself as a model black faculty member at my expense. This tactic is so cheap that it warrants little comment, save that is is the stock-in-trade of those intellectually and academically dubious. Indeed, no small part of the crisis of black students at Harvard is the exploitation of their situation by black faculty members like Prof. Bell (and some black administrators too) whose presence at Harvard has more to do with their political skills than their scholastic and intellectual reputations. Martin Kilson Professor...