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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...untoward ideas, Mission Impossible and The Untouchables were temporarily banned from the nation's air waves. Then the 920 delegates to the People's Consultative Assembly, a military-dominated body whose deliberations take the place of national elections, gathered in Jakarta's high-domed amphitheater to select Indonesia's President for the next five years...
...outpatient programs include plastic surgery and some ear, nose and throat operations, as well as hernia repairs and minor orthopedic surgery. Many hospitals also find the outpatient approach ideal for the removal of benign tumors and cysts and early abortions. Even for those relatively minor operations, though, hospitals select their patients carefully, turning back the elderly or those with physical conditions that are likely to cause complications...
Neither man has the deanship sewn up, however, the sources stressed. Bok could always reverse field and opt for a candidate he had previously discarded, or select someone like H. Stuart Hughes, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, who is believed still in the running, or even pick someone as yet unmentioned...
...black. At that time, there were more Africans than American blacks at Harvard, and the independence movements in Africa were very much in the news. The disagreement ended with a compromise, giving Afro a freedom comparable to that of Harvard's final clubs, the right to select its members by vote...
Second, in choosing among candidates to fill any position, we must base our decisions entirely on the candidate's ability to carry out the responsibilities that the position requires. At the faculty level, and particularly for tenured positions, we must select the persons most likely to make the greatest contribution to scholarship and teaching in their respective fields. Affirmative action must not be construed to justify the appointment of less qualified persons from any group simply to provide role models or atone for past short-comings. Reverse discrimination is illegal under Federal law and under HEW guidelines. It is grossly...