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...progress of new friendship between contrasting governments is obviously bound to be uncertain. Yemen's decision to renew its ties with the U.S. brought howls of outrage from Cairo. Kadar, meanwhile, advised Rogers: "Please remember Hungary's tragic history, its geographical position and its lack of resources." This seemed to mean that even though Budapest seeks closer relations with Washington, it may be forced from time to time to stiffen its attitude in order to appease Moscow...
Apparently hoping to renew some of the department's lost lustre, Marlin Johnson, a veteran of 29 years of law enforcement and a former FBI agent in charge of the Chicago office, was elected the new head of the city's police board. The five-member board will oversee the department's rules and regulations, pass on the annual police budget and review serious disciplinary infractions. Conlisk has already given a go-ahead to investigators from the Chicago Human Relations Commission and the Chicago Bar Association, who are now searching through police files for evidence that could...
Civilization. When her contract with Harvard expired this year, the University made no move to renew it. If the Bennington appointment had not come through, she said she planned to spend next year completing her third book on a grant from the Radcliffe Institute...
Finally at 2:30 a.m., the Committee voted, 4-2, with one abstention, not to renew Frisoli's contract as Superintendent. This decision provoked a rash of small fires, false alarms and bomb scares in the Cambridge public schools the following day. Frisoli's supporters vowed that they would take the issue to the people in a referendum. Although "Citizens for Frisoli" gathered 12,396 signatures--more than the 12 per cent of eligible voters necessary to make the School Committee reconsider its decision--the Committee again voted to oust Frisoli, by a vote of 4-3, and the City...
...supplies the nation's universities with many of their brightest young professors. As its budding scholars fall off the vine, Harvard goes on looking for "the best man available anywhere in the world" to fill each opening. That is why this year, for instance, the History Department failed to renew the contracts of three junior Faculty members and extended futile offers to distinguished European historians who replied that they like it where they...