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Never in Doubt? Inasmuch as Washington and Hanoi had done nothing more than select a place to talk about talks, the reaction was disproportionately euphoric. On Wall Street, the Dow-Jones industrial average spurted 11.91 points before receding during an 18 million-share day. In Washington, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield cried: "Excellent, excellent! The ice jam has been broken." "This is the best news I have heard for a long time," said U.N. Secretary-General U Thant...
Because of the small staff, Graves added, "one disadvantage will be that we can offer only a small number of electives." There will probably be five electives, he said, of which each student will have to choose four. "But we have tried to select those courses which will give the students a good choice...
...York, efforts to chip away at his support will probably deprive him of some votes. The situation in Vermont seems symptomatic of his slowing momentum. After Governor Philip Hoff declared for Kennedy, a pro-Humphrey revolt almost cost the Governor his own seat at the state convention that will select national delegates. "I'm quite surprised," Hoff said, "at the lack of support Kennedy has generated in Vermont and in the nation...
...there is an all-important difference between student advice and student control. If students could dictate the hiring and firing of professors, they would tend to select those with whom they agree-and fall into an echo chamber. Latin American students have considerable control over many universities, and the consequence is chaos and inferior education. A university is not a democracy and cannot become one without degenerating into anarchy. At a conference on "Students and Society" at California's Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions last year, the president of the student body of St. Louis' Washington...
...Some 2,000 survive his critical eye during the first three-year period. Further tests reduce the number, until only 20 to 30 remain by the end of the sixth year. Those select bushes are then sent to 24 countries, from the U.S. to Finland, from Kenya to Japan, for exposure to various climates. In the end, perhaps one plant out of the original 100,000 will make the grade. The new rose will be notable for its color, the firmness of its silken petals or its longevity. His Baccara was the first rose to last for a week after...