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...successful offensives should be like streams rushing down mountains, seeking the paths of least resistance, flowing around obstacles instead of trying to go through or over them. Hart has consulted the fusty volumes of strategists like Germany's General Karl von Clausewitz and America's Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. The Senator has studied Indian warfare, Napoleon's defeats, the apocalyptic battles of World War I. His advocacy of a stronger Navy, simpler and more reliable weapons and advancement of field officers over bureaucrats stems from his finding that when armed forces stay lean and flexible, they...
...true that the advising system here is less than perfect, and I applaud the Undergraduate Council's interest in improving it. But the Council's characterization of freshman proctors is grossly unfair, and the proposed "solution" to the problem is no solution at all. Daniel R. Melamed '82 Proctor, Thayer Hall...
...credit, Ed Meese's name has not been linked to the sort of sordid activity associated with colleagues like Ann Burford, James Watt, Paul Thayer, Rita Lavelle, Charles Wick, or Ray Donovan. Nor can he be derailed for his stands on issues like busing or affirmative action; while we disagree with his opposition to these principles, they are not enough to reject his nomination. Yet Meese's role in many White House actions suggest an ideological rightist view of the law that goes beyond principled conservatism. Not only did Meese push tax exemptions for racist schools and Reagan's secrecy...
Last week Thayer announced that he would devote his considerable energies and financial resources, reported to be about $12 million, to fighting the Government's lawsuit...
...Unlike many other officials in "legal trouble, Thayer did not try to hang on while the evidence trickled out. An inveterate crapshooter, he may have gambled unwisely with the SEC, but as a former test pilot, he apparently knew when to bail out. - By Evan Thomas...