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...hall during exam period. But it is echoed without conviction. Harvard students accept their role on the assembly line. We do not see evidence of inequity and oppression in the policies of University administrators. We do not translate our self-doubt into a political ideology of dissent. Instead, we strive to overcome doubt with methodical academic workmanship. We define our accomplishments within existing parameters and rarely question those limits...
Conscious of the redundant coverage given Montana and others, the magazines also offer articles which strive to be different. Lou Sahadi's Pro Football Annual unveils "secret ratings on every quarterback" from the "private files" of one of the league's most respected personnel experts Goal Post Football offers a "New!! ACCU-RATE Power Rating System" for the National Football League's 28 teams. And Game Plan Pro Football employs the "Stat-Key System" for the same purpose. "The Stat-Key annual enables the fan to estimate point differences between the scores of opposing teams. The Offensive and Defensive ratings...
...risks, only when it can reasonably expect an adequate return, a return not likely to occur if competitors are first to the marketplace. The opportunity for private profit provides the encouragement for the socially beneficial application of new technology. To realize profits from technological innovation, however, a company must strive to protect its proprietary knowledge and to prevent its exploitation by commercial competitors...
Then again, why should one strive for humane executions in the first place? Three stated reasons for capital punishment are social vengeance, the affirmation of civilization's standards and the deterrence of future crimes. The last has never been proved, unfortunately, but if vengeance is what society seeks, a gentle execution would seem counterproductive. Better to use the garrote or the guillotine, surely, whereby the full pound of flesh may be reclaimed. Better still to do as the Romans in cases of parricide. The criminal, judged guilty, would be bound and sealed in a sack with...
...Council held last Sunday. Following two marathon sessions spent electing officers, the council slogged through considerable procedural business, astutely discussed the volatile issue of sexual harassment, and adjourned at the emminently civilized time of 10 p.m. It was an impressive set of modest achievements for a group which must strive to distance itself from the dismal and defunct Student Assembly...