Word: rashness
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...profession most intimately tied to the war is revealing indeed. They have, of course, expressed their vague, somewhat inarticulate discontent with what is going on "over there." Yet, there is an unmistakable hint of Business As Usual. Throw the CIA out of Harvard? Don't be immature or rash--let's work this out rationally; after all, we want results...
...concern him than people who face less immediate difficulty. I do think, however, that many of us would be willing to exert ourselves more if we were persuaded we could really help. My point about CIA officials at Harvard is not "don't be immature" or "don't be rash," but that this is attacking the wrong guys and not doing any good in what most of us feel is the main task: getting our governmental policy changed. Not that I have the answer, but I don't think this is it. Sincerely, (signed) Ezra F. Vogel
...arrangements are now being made to bring back such once banned plays as Jean-Claude van Itahe's America Hurrah and Rolf Hochhuth's Soldiers. "We are at last released from the tyranny of the theatrical leaseholder," says Osborne dryly. "There will probably be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of cheerful, decent, serious British filth...
Stendahl, for his part deciding that he would "rather be wise and sensitive than clear," remained neutral during the sanctuary. It is Stendahl's first year as dean of the Divinity School, and he was certainly correct to avoid a rash statement of policy--whether favorable or unfavorable to the sanctuary. By doing so, he would have seemed emotional and impulsive and done a serious disservice to the Divinity School and to himself. Stendahl's single positive decision, to appoint a six-member faculty committee to serve as liaison with the students, was also correct...
...advice from ex-burglar Robert Earl Barnes [Sept. 6] in his illustrated booklet "How Safe Is Your Home from Burglars?" must be in preparation for a new rash of burglaries. If we followed his advice about changing the hinges so that doors opened out rather than in, it would be an open invitation for the burglar to simply remove the door rather than have to kick...