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WHEN the bombing-halt negotiations neared the final stage, Washington officials categorically refused to give interviews and, in some cases, even to take phone calls. For that matter, all but a select few had no firsthand knowledge of the frenetic, hyper-secret maneuverings. Said one participant: "Fewer men are fully clued into these contacts than were involved in the Cuba missile crisis...
...Richard Nixon should be applauded for having the courage to select stumbling Spiro Agnew. It is about time we opened our high public offices to everyone and not limit them to the few who are capable, talented and intelligent...
...past few months, Rosemary has also been helping to select and prepare the material for a traveling exhibition of TIME'S cover art. The show, containing 75 examples of portraiture, sculpture and caricature, opened in Tulsa's Philbrook Art Center last week. During the next 15 months it will travel to at least nine other U.S. and Canadian cities...
Stripping the Ministry. Faure's reform seeks to remedy those ills by stripping the central education ministry of its powers to select the presidents of each of France's present 23 universities, appoint their professors, determine their curriculums, draw up and grade exams, dictate teaching methods. Most of those powers will shift to regional and local university councils, which will include teachers, students, and even outside educational experts and political leaders...
...students will have the opportunity to sit on eight committees being formed with members of the College staff. The committees range from Policy on Admissions and Financial Aid to the group that studies undergraduate life. Some of these student positions are already over-applied. The RUS executive board will select the committee members this week...