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...University realizes, of course, that the freedom of the student to engage in legal political activities is a vital component of present educational policy. Harvard has never tolerated even implicit outside restrictions of questionable legality on its students. A prompt stand against yielding to an HUAC subpoena would reaffirm this tradition. Pusey, however, has written the committee a letter stating that the University should wait until it receives a subpoena before taking a stand. Pusey said he wants to postpone any decision until he can understand the terms of HUAC's possible request...
...facts of the situation. They seem plausible at first, but on examination appear full of problems. As a result, Monro must retract some and allow others to slide to a slow death. At times, they make him appear foolish. But some of them dowork, and the suggestion of others prompt reactions...
Concluding that Adam Clayton. Powell's offenses constituted "gross misconduct," the special House committee investigating his affairs last week proposed that he be publicly condemned and assessed $40,000. It also asked the Justice Department for "prompt and appropriate action" on the evidence of legal infractions it has gathered...
...application he could keep the drugs out of the bloodstream and use them on skin cancers without any of the dangerous side effects. Cautiously, he injected minute doses between layers of the skin, or applied the drugs in ointments and creams. From the beginning, he got an encouraging and prompt response. Furthermore, a number of the drugs he was testing seemed to sensitize the patients' skin, particularly in the cancerous areas. Subsequent applications then caused a bright red, allergic-type reaction. As the dosage was repeated, the reaction got stronger, and selectively destroyed cancer cells, leaving normal cells unharmed...
...these predictions are substantially correct, there are serious implications for the City Administration, the University, and Cambridge residents. What will be the character of the growth around the Library? What type of construction, what type of business will dominate the new development? Will the presence of the Library prompt developers to base commercial operations, not directly related to the Library, in Harvard Square...