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...well worth the cost because it also prevents individuals from abusing authority. Second, Mr. Moses completely ignores the real reason for the ruling--the enforcement mechanism (of OMB and CAO mandatory cuts) puts direct executive power in the legislative branch through the CAO. This decision hardly makes the law useless. A simple revision transferring responsibility solely to the OMB (in the executive branch) would snuff out this objection...
...consider? The Dowling Committee structured the Undergraduate Council to allow flexibility. If an issue has no place in an existing committee, an ad-hoc committee can be appointed to examine it. Then, it is brought to the full council for a vote. If that issue is bizarre, useless, or irrelevant it will fail (or the constituents will vote their reps out of office for supporting...
...have seen our friends die of AIDS believe the opinion expressed in the editorial of December 17 to be a cruel, ignorant and fatuous incitement to useless and destructive panic. By publishing such an article, the Crimson lowers itself to the level of the National Enquirer. Where is your sense of human decency? Gary Ralph
...William Steig seems to have found the secret of eternal freshness: compose a children's book nearly every year. For 1985, it is Solomon the Rusty Nail (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $12.95). A jaunty rabbit finds that he can turn himself into the useless metal object any time he wants to. But Solomon shows off once too often, and he is captured by Ambrose the hungry cat. Although the rabbit avoids becoming a dinner by remaining a nail, he is trapped in that role when the angry feline hammers him into the side of a house. The nail whiles away...
...influence the Soviet people have on formulation of their country's nuclear and foreign policy. Lown really does try to make us believe that education and news coverage will change both sides' nuclear policies, no matter how much evidence speaks to the contrary. So far it's been a useless exercise to ask Dr. Lown pointed questions and to criticize him. His faith appears unshakeable...