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...believe, however, that the recent action of the students in University Hall goes far beyond democratic processes into the realm of dictatorship or anarchism. I believe that this sort of action should be dealt with in the sternest possible fashion. The idea that students who have a four-year residence at the University should insist by force that their idea of how this 333 year-old University should be run, how far into Cambridge it should expand, and some of their other outre plans is patently ridiculous. It's amazing that they have not yet told the University officials...
...than "a wind blowing through the palm trees." Other Pacific investigators have produced evidence that runs counter to her assessments of tribal personality. Most of all, anthropologists stand aghast at the way her powerful mind sometimes links fact and implication with little more than pure faith. One of her sternest critics, Columbia Anthropologist Marvin Harris, says dryly: "The courage of one's convictions is a blessing with which Mead has been liberally endowed." She permits few ripostes. When attacking the wrongheadedness of a fellow scholar, says a cowed friend, "she is truly like one of those terrible Indian goddesses...
Moreover, Sessum's automatic sentence of life imprisonment was the sternest punishment Mississippi has yet handed out in a racial murder case...
Ignoring the Realities. So much of the feverish activity involves outright speculation that the American Exchange last week issued its sternest warning in years. Amex ordered 650 member firms to "discourage excessive speculation-particularly in volatile or low-priced stocks." It gave brokers until month's end to report what steps they have taken to tighten sales procedures and warn customers of the dangers. Added Amex President Ralph Saul: "As new generations are attracted to the marketplace, there is a tendency to ignore the realities of investing. Speculating soundly requires getting the facts, avoiding tips and rumors, recognizing...
...Person Is Not Safe." City officials issued some of the sternest warnings in the nation's history against violent behavior. New York's Mayor John Lindsay promised to shake up police assignments so that, within a year, 40% more men would be walking beats (instead of riding desks). "We'll whack away at crime with every damn thing we've got," said Lindsay. Meanwhile, a county grand jury in Nashville urged that the death penalty and heavy prison sentences be imposed to halt "the avalanche of crime and arson that has come upon us," and suggested...