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...Columbia Eagle plowed through the calm waters of the Gulf of Siam, the emergency whistle shrieked the signal that all seafarers dread: "Abandon ship...
...abolish all liability insurance and let each accident victim fight it out at the scene? Once we abandon the doctrines of negligence and guilt, it doesn't really matter who wins these street fights, and we could all save a lot of money...
...conclusion that this recent evidence leads to is not that Harvard should abandon its Middle South investments, or that students should begin another round of the old flagellate-the-Southerners game. The point, more simply, is that Harvard should stop pretending that the situation is under control and start thinking about using its influence responsibly. While the University does not own anything like a controlling interest in Middle South, it is one of the larger and more prestigious institutional investors. That lever-combined with Bennett's seat on the Middle South board-should give Harvard the influence it needs...
...raised the suspicion that Education Commissioner lames E. Allen, another liberal subordinate of Finch's, might soon be forced out. > The Senate, by 56 to 36, passed an amendment-sponsored by Mississippi's John Stennis-that seems to require the North as well as the South to abandon segregated schools. Actually, the measure amounted to acquiescence to more and more Southern delay in complying with the Supreme Court's 16-year-old desegregation ruling. The vote revived the coalition of Republicans and Southern and Border State Democrats -a bad omen for future civil rights fights...
...Defense Minister Michel Debre, who wanted to fulfill their request for all 108 jets. Since Debre is generally regarded as the Cabinet member most loyal to the departed Charles de Gaulle and to his policies, Pompidou's decision grated on those ministers who are anxious for France to abandon the route charted by De Gaulle. But the French President feels even stronger pressure from another quarter. He faces stern "loyalist" review of almost every decision, chiefly from some 25 Deputies who make known their views both in and outside the Gaullist party. Pompidou is hardly their prisoner...