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Such tactics have made Pickens the scourge of the oil patch. Shareholders of Mobil (1984 sales: $54.6 billion), which has been rumored for months to be a ( Pickens target, last week approved a variety of so-called shark repellents designed to ward off corporate raiders. Among the measures was a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Times for T. Boone Pickens | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

This ruling, which was soon extended to other libel cases, left journalists nearly as vulnerable for what they did not say as for what they did. It opened to question their judgments and private opinions as much as their public assertions of fact. It also created a bizarre situation in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Slander and Libel | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

The freedom of scholars to express ideas and exchange them with colleagues is essential to the operation of universities in the United States and to maintaining the high quality of academic research. Academic freedom is rooted in the First Amendment to the Constitution, the same provision that protects the right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The introduction to the Shattuck Report on government restrictions on academic research: | 2/23/1985 | See Source »

I am appalled that the Crimson endorsed the signing of an agreement between Harvard and Navy ROTC. In the context of last year's decision by the faculty to pay for the overhead costs of ROTC at MIT and ROTC refusal to allow gay people to participate in its programs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC: Gay Discrimination | 2/9/1985 | See Source »

Although none of the councillors questioned Healy's record of achievement, Sullivan questioned a provision in the new contract which would allow the city manager to collect a $70,000 salary and benefits for the duration of his term--even if the city council dismissed him before the pact runs...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Top Cambridge Administrator Awarded Five-Year Contract | 1/8/1985 | See Source »

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