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Criteria for the group are very difficult to develop. A fine line applicable in all situations cannot be drawn. In the end, the actions of this group must be based on the wise judgment of its members who must take into account the weight of their decisions and their impact on the financial well-being of the University. Moreover, when presuming to judge the actions of individuals we pose the danger of making elitist and self-serving decisions. To guard against this danger and to be fair to donors, criteria must be developed to the fullest extent possible...
Explaining the alien machine does not explain away the mystery. Astronomers agree that the brief conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars known to have occurred in 6 B.C. could have been the Star of the Three Wise Men. It might, therefore, mark the real time of Christ's birth, which considerable evidence, both historical and calendrical, tends to put some years before the year now known as A.D. 1. There is a slight complication, however. That star would not have been visible to most people in the Holy Land. For at that time of year, astronomers also know...
...competition by destroying their ethical ban on advertising, they should expect that a physician who develops an effective new treatment will keep it a secret and sell it to the highest bidder rather than publish it for the use of all. I do not believe that to be a wise exchange...
...Wise Europeans have long had a philosophy of export or die. Now, with its trade deficit so enormous, the U.S. should adopt such a philosophy. "But a large body of American industry is still very provincial," says Lyet. "The American businessman, who has a tremendous domestic market, is often not attracted to the never-never land of foreign markets...
...really begin to describe the movie's split personality. This latest Neil Simon-Herbert Ross collaboration is by turns silly and thoughtful, tedious and charming, broad and delicate. It contains some of Simon's best writing as well as his worst: childish jokes about vomiting coexist with wise statements about the art of marriage. So mixed are the returns on California Suite that, if it were an election, one would insist on a recount...