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Armed with what one member of the group called "a surprising unanimity" among the junior faculty, the eight took their proposals before the Board of Tutors in April, and to the full Department in May. But at the Department meeting, the reform movement hit a snag. Oscar Handlin, chairman of the Department, shelved the proposals without letting any of them come to a vote and announced that he would set up a committee to study the issues the tutors had raised...
...ruler of Afghanistan is a man of many accomplishments. At 51, Mohammed Zahir Shah can snag the wiliest trout in the Hindu Kush, swoop down a ski slope at 60 m.p.h., or drop a brace of partridge as deftly as a skeet cham pion. He rides like Lochinvar, golfs near par on any course, and betweentimes collects rare books and Oriental art. On his experimental farm outside the ancient capital of Kabul, he raises mutant grapes, outsize apricots, and dairy cattle that can withstand the rigors of Afghan altitude with milky aplomb. But as one of his courtiers puts...
Public Relations Snag...
...defending the Great Society against "aggressive, go-for-broke special interests." Specifically, he was battling for a new, cash-enriched farm bill whose most controversial provision was a 50?-per-bushel increase (to $1.25) in the special subsidy paid to farmers for high-grade domestically consumed wheat. The only snag was Freeman's notion that wheat processors should subsidize the increased subsidy by paying the entire 500 increase themselves...
...countries to borrow those funds to settle international debts. The IMF is in the midst of increasing its reserves from $15.8 billion to $21 billion; last week the Senate Banking Committee voted to boost the U.S.'s contribution to the IMF from $4.1 billion to $5.2 billion. The snag is that France has refused to raise its contributions, and such wealthy countries as The Netherlands and Belgium have not contributed as much as they could...