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Mendès still intends to put something before the Assembly. But now at last, Konrad Adenauer does not have to stake his future on the whim of the French Parliament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN GERMANY: Something for Adenauer | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

University treasurers have never been constrained by any standard Harvard investment policy but rather have been given freedom to follow their own whim and wisdom. Naturally under the Statutes, the treasurer "is required to submit his accounts, and all evidences of the property under his charge, to the committees of inspection appointed by the Corporation and Overseers severally, and to make annually to the Overseers a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the University...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Treasurer Cabot Invests $308,000,000 | 6/14/1954 | See Source »

...idea that a scholar must be free to follow his own hunches in pursuing his special studies is not the whim of some modern educator," he said. "It is not primarily a question of 'freedom'. A scholar or scientist has an obligation to investigate and report new ideas in his field, even when his conclusions may be unpopular among the general public or among his own colleagues," Pusey declared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Decries Fear Atmosphere | 5/26/1954 | See Source »

University treasurers have never been constrained by any standard Harvard investment policy but rather have been given freedom to follow their own whim and wisdom. Naturally under the Statutes, the treasurer "is required to submit his accounts, and all evidences of the property under his charge, to the committees of inspection appointed by the Corporation and Overseers severally, and to make annually to the Overseers a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the University...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Treasurer Cabot Invests $308,000,000 | 5/1/1954 | See Source »

...sponsor made us go to film You can say that we go into the film business at the whim of the sponsor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Film v. Live Shows | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

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