Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last Thursday's article about my study of Harvard students omitted some important information I gave to the CRIMSON. I did say that the leaflet by "some members of SDS" opposing the research was insulting, but I indicated greater concern for a matter of principle that was not mentioned in the article...
...principle that concerns me is academic freedom. The question raised by the leaflet is whether or not an investigator whose purposes are scholarly and who has taken all possible precautions to prevent injury to anyone on account of his research ought to be able to work without interference. In general, the right of an investigator to do research without interference is well established. In social science research, however it can be difficult to distinguish interference and intimidation from expression of ethical and political positions by persons who feel that regardless of the investigator's intention, his results will be harmful...
...statement explaining the fee, Fortas said it was offered by the Wolfson foundation in 1966 "in the hope that I would find time and could undertake consistently with my court obligations, research functions, studies, and writings, connected with the work of the foundation. Concluding that I could not undertake the assignment I returned the fee with my thanks...
...FIRST glance, Smokey Bear seems to have a firmer position in the "lower 48," where timber plantations and city watersheds seem threatened by fires. However, some recent research from California has hinted that even there, government forest fire policy may need radical revision. Forestry experts have found that large forest fires are so hot that they destroy small roots, organic matter, and essential soil nitrates to a depth of several inches, while a series of small, controlled fires does not reach such high temperatures and does not inflict such severe damage...
...they have farmed the same fertile land in rotation with jungle for 1,000 years. In areas of California, Alaska, and other states, a policy of burning off undergrowth and litter every decade or so might be preferable to the present policy of absolute suppression. But even if further research confirms this, it seems very doubtful that this policy could be applied as long as private landowners continue to lobby for total fire prevention in their own short-term interests...