Word: stewart
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...Guard was not working that night, but the trial court concluded that "the fault of the vessel was more egregious than the fault of the Coast Guard." The blame, ruled that court, was 75%-25%. Yet the damages had to be split evenly. After considering those facts, Justice Potter Stewart, a World War II naval officer, weighed the old "equal division" rule and found it wanting: "An ancient form of rough justice, a means of apportioning damages where it was difficult to measure which party was more at fault." Said Stewart: "It is no longer apparent, if it ever...
...also yesterday appointed Mary Lee Bossert as acting co-master. The Bosserts are replacing Zeph Stewart, retiring Lowell House master who will continue to teach in the Classics Department, and co-master Dianna C. Stewart...
Yesterday's announcement ends a three-month search effort to replace Stewart during which at least four Faculty members and one administrator turned down the post...
...Stewart said yesterday he has known Bossert for over 12 years, adding that he is pleased that "an active, friendly, and capable friend" has been chosen as his successor...
...Saigon didn't give a damn for us," a Foreign Service officer stationed at the U.S. consulate in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho told TIME Correspondent William Stewart aboard the Blue Ridge. "We were promised Navy choppers, but the only thing we got was a phone call telling us there was an evacuation. Not just Vietnamese were abandoned but Americans too. The embassy was exercising no initiative, no control. We were told, 'We can't worry about Delta employees...