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...briefcase handed to Judge Sirica by Jaworski's staff attorneys may well contain evidence that could render irrelevant the continuing controversy over whether a President can only be impeached if found guilty of criminal conduct. House Democratic Leader Tip O'Neill said as much last week at a seminar with students at Harvard. "I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Jaworski could have indicted the President of the U.S.," O'Neill said. "But he didn't try and I'm glad he didn't, because I'd hate to see the President of the U.S. indicted." The evidence...
Tapestries, in fact, were a kind of bullion, amassed by their owners as an investment. But what guaranteed the value of tapestry also led to its destruction: countless masterpieces of the weaver's art were burned during the French Revolution to render down their gold and silver threads. Others, seen as emblems of monarchical privilege, were simply destroyed. The Met's own Unicorn tapestries were taken by peasants and used to wrap potatoes. Even the Angers Apocalypse served as burlap to insulate orange trees and stuff cracks in walls. This exhibition is only a fragment of what Europe...
...Endorsed creation of a new National Court of Appeals to hear certain kinds of cases and render decisions that would be final unless the Supreme Court intervened within a set period of time. The aim is to reduce the high court's work load. Many delegates wanted to table the matter, but Smith persuaded them to take a firm stand in support of the idea...
...planners will have to take a firm and uncompromising stand toward the growth, or non-growth, of Harvard Yard. Both of the projects here discussed were sensitively planned, but both introduce innovations which may have far-reaching effects on the total fabric of the Yard. Intellectually, numerous efforts to render the new buildings compatible with the Yard's current architectural atmosphere have been made. How successfully the buildings--and their immediate environments--will contribute to that atmosphere must be experienced before it can be judged...
...formed two years ago to eliminate cultural bias against non-parents and to render support for couples pressured because of their non-parenthood. The organization currently has a membership of 2000 and one-third of the members are parents of at least one child...