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Nick Kristof '81 also broke a vow to himself by running this year. Four years ago as a high school sophomore in Oregon, Kristof completed his first marathon in 3:32. After the grueling race, he promised himself he would never run another. Yet this year, the Lowell House resident recalled the romantic side of the race and began to train at the start of the semester, registering seven to ten miles a day. Kristof found Monday's race fairly enjoyable, especially while passing through Wellesley, where he received ice, oranges and kisses from three Wellesley students...
...administrative changes were the first and most visible effects of the Bok years, they were not on their own sufficient to keep the University financially solvent. As the kickoff date for Harvard's $250 million fund drive approached, Bok--despite his vow on taking office that he would not spend a great deal of personal time raising money--was forced out onto the road. Although Bok insists that he does not "hate or dread" any part of his job, he admits that fundraising--which now consumes about 25 per cent of his time--is not his favorite activity...
...that the programs Senator Kennedy has proposed are unrealistic and actually fuel inflation," says Woodward. More specifically, the Carter people try to emphasize recent executive accomplishments, such as civil service reform and the creation of the Department of Education, while reminding voters that Carter has so far fulfilled his vow to supply the Northeast with home heating oil for the winter...
...week's New England Journal of Medicine, William J. Curran, 52, professor of legal medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Ward Casscells, 28, a resident at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, maintain that death by injection, however carried out, violates the Hippocratic oath, by which all doctors vow never to harm their patients willfully. In fact, the oath specifically forbids using or suggesting the use of poisons. The policy adopted by Oklahoma tries to avoid any conflict with medical ethics by requiring "trained medical employees" to insert a drug-carrying catheter and inject the lethal substance. But does...
November 15: California, Massachusetts and Texas secede from Union. Presidents Brown, Kennedy and Connally vow to continue fight against Carter, form Triple Alliance...