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...support of his view, Terrace cites the reactions of 200 pigeons, which were taught to distinguish red from green; they were rewarded with food when they pecked in response to a red light, but food was withheld when they pecked at the sight of green. Half got food every time they recognized the red light; for the others, reward was erratic...
Guinier was upset over the decision to set up a Review Committee from outside the University. He had hoped that the review--which was mandated by the Faculty legislation which created the Department--could have been done quietly within the University without any controversy. Guinier withheld comment on the Committee until he met with them in late December and early January...
...January 1971 it has issued no paychecks at all; instead, it deposits salaries directly into each employee's bank account. And it makes only four such deposits a year. Workers get 15% of their salary each Feb. 6, May 6, Aug. 6 and Nov. 6 (another 10% is withheld each quarter to pay stiff Danish taxes...
...according to committee chairman Derek Bok. Three of the universities represented on the committee--Harvard, the University of Michigan and Columbia--were then under investigation by HEW. Columbia soon became the first institution to lose Federal funds for failure to comply with the executive order, when the government withheld $13.8 million for several months until HEW accepted a revised affirmative action plan last month...
Four of them were young Portuguese citizens, who fled what they called the "fascist regime" in their country. They asked that their names be withheld for fear that the elite Portuguese PIDE-- International Police in Defense of the State--would uncover them...