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...confusion over the strange implications of a "no" vote prompted one student to take action and, in less than a day he had collected more than 100 signatures of people charging that the referendum was "not consistent" with good elections procedures Failure to publicize the 50 percent turnout threshold had split the opposition some students were aware of the potential problem with voting "no." While others were not charged I Gerome Smith '84, who collected the signatures...
During my visit to Moscow in March, Brezhnev proposed banning underground tests of nuclear weapons above a certain yield (later set at 150 kilotons). This opened up discussions on verification that represented a major advance. If we were to verify that tests were below the threshold, the Soviets would have to reveal their test sites. This-surprisingly-they agreed to do. The question of "peaceful nuclear explosions" then arose. We asked for on-site inspection, and after prolonged wrangling the Soviets agreed. Never before had they done so. But by then detente had been engulfed in controversy in America...
...reason may be that a high-salt diet blunts the natural ability to perceive salt, while cutting back makes the palate more sensitive. Research by Berkeley Food Sciolist Angela Little has led her to believe that "high intake of salt produces a salty background in the saliva, raising the threshold at which salt is noticed in food...
...further recommended that the qualification threshold for matching funds be set "quite high"--requiring candidates to raise at least $200,000 in a minimum of 20 states in contributions of $1000 or less...
UNFORTUNATELY, the Thayers' 42-year-old daughter, Chelsea--a good name for some from that younger, suspect generation--doesn't quite agree with her mother's estimation of Norman. She thinks he is a "son of a bitch." Norman made a lousy, insensitive father. On the threshold of middle age. Chelsea is still peeved at Norman. Norman, for his part, has not many friendly things to say to Chelsea, who has shows up at the Thayer's summer home for Norman's birthday. One can believe that Chelsea would turn up for such an event...