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...also seriously considering the possibility of naming a Provost to alleviate part of the burden of his office...

Author: By R. W. D., | Title: Sacks Appointment Illustrates Power Shift | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

...remain very much attracted to the idea of having a Provost," Bok said when discussing the Law deanship last month. But, he added, he will probably hold off any decision about a Provost until he has been in office for six months to a year...

Author: By R. W. D., | Title: Sacks Appointment Illustrates Power Shift | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

Some Faculty members maintain that the delay is aimed at relieving pressure on Bok to make Dean Dunlop Provost. Dunlop has been widely mentioned as the most likely candidate for Provost, but Bok may feel that someone with Dunlop's confidence and power may undercut his own power during the first months of office...

Author: By R. W. D., | Title: Sacks Appointment Illustrates Power Shift | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

...also the problem Bok would face in finding a replacement for Dunlop as Dean of the Faculty. Dunlop is a member of so many committees and wields so much power within the Faculty that Bok's desire to stabilize Faculty politics may override the temptation to make Dunlop Provost...

Author: By R. W. D., | Title: Sacks Appointment Illustrates Power Shift | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

...crimes. Said one of them, Stanley Gertner, a former Marine master sergeant: "If this man is guilty, he is guilty for the same thing we did. We shot up villages under orders and killed countless civilians." Cushing police put the two men in jail and then telephoned the provost marshal at Fort Sill, who explained that he had no jurisdiction; both men were released. Retired Major General Raymond Hufft, a much-decorated Louisianan, said that at the time he led his battalion across the Rhine in World War II he gave orders to shoot anything that moved. "If Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Clamor Over Calley: Who Shares the Guilt? | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

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