Word: standings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...split is emerging in the Student Assembly between representatives who want the assembly to take an immediate stand on issues relating to South Africa and representatives who want the assembly to follow a cautious policy toward the issues...
These actions were prompted by an understandable fear of serious interference in scientific research. However, Lear pinpoints a contradiction in many scientists' stand against regulation: these same scientists stand to profit considerably from their research through shares in corporations they set up to market their research. More fundamentally, scientists used their considerable lobbying influence to circumvent the principle that the people who pay for their experiments have a right to be protected from harm and to contribute to the decision-making process...
Schlesinger's book is not to be dismissed lightly simply because of his connections. If not the most balanced, it will stand for a long time to come as the most comprehensive account of Robert Kennedy's life. And if Kennedy could be a tough, shrewd politician, behind the calculations he had a true feeling for those on the outside--for the poor, for minorities, for the young. His life very much deserves the attention drawn to it by this new book. As pure history, the book will undoubtedly be sneered at by many. As simply a story, however...
When the Lindblad Explorer entered the harbor of Shanghai at daybreak, three passengers had special reason to stand on the observation deck to command a full view of the city. Senior Writer Michael Demarest, who wrote this week's special report on the People's Republic, was making his first trip to China. The sight, he recalls, was wondrous and unexpected, with "freighters, tankers, junks and sampans set against that immortal skyline." Photographer Carl Mydans and Shelley, his novelist wife, were also thrilled by the panorama, but much of it was familiar to them. As one of LIFE...
...Beatrice plunged over for the decisive touchdown with six minutes left in the game, but it took a last-minute goal line stand by Harvard's injury-riddled defensive line to insure the victory. Playing with five defensive ends in the lineup, Harvard thwarted a Dartmouth "first-and-goal from the three" situation with consecutive stack-ups on dive plays, and finally a Dan Cassidy interception on fourth down...