Word: thompson
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...stressed that his complaint does notconstitute a character assassination on any of theprincipals in his case, but his grievance dwellson the role of Professor of Government andAssociate Provost Dennis F. Thompson in thedeliberations over his appointment...
...article that ran in the Nov. 26, 1996,issue of the New Republic, Berkowitz had harshlycriticized a book Thompson co-authored. Thereview, titled "The Debating Society," was part ofBerkowitz's dossier considered by the ad hoccommittee...
...Because Thompson has a part-time administrativerole in the provost's office, Berkowitz said hisparticipation introduced "the power and theprestige of a high University official" intodiscussions at the departmental level...
...Thompson rejected any suggestion that hisstatus as a University official inflates hisinfluence with other faculty members...
Whatever the factual and moral parallels between the two cases, the two men's fates could be quite different. If so, says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson, a crucial distinction will account for the difference: "The general is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Commander in Chief is not." In our constitutional system, says Thompson, "we have a different way to deal with the President, as we probably should." TIME Washington columnist Margaret Carlson agrees. "There is only one President but thousands of soldiers," she says. One is not as easily dispensable as the other. "Moreover...