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...very much moved by your Oct. 31 story of Mark Higgins and his death in the Congo. He did a brave and wonderful thing in refusing to accept the "set pattern" by choosing to work in Africa with Missionary Albert Schweitzer...
...come here, I think, is an excellent example of how our American system works." Nixon took pains to say that he and Kennedy agreed on "the proper role of an opposition party and of an opposition leader"-a remark that was interpreted as 1) an indication that he would accept no job in the Kennedy Administration, and 2) notice to any wondering Republicans that he frankly intends to be the G.O.P. leader...
...Senate, where smaller states have a bigger voice, is unlikely to accept a constitutional amendment to abolish the college. The House, where big-state Representatives loom large, is unlikely to accept the proportional or district system. An equally formidable barrier is that a leading exponent of conserving the electoral system is the man who benefited most from it this year. Said Jack Kennedy in 1956, as he led the Senate fight against a proposal to reform or abolish the electoral college: "[The proposal] would be a breach of the agreement made with the states when they came into the Union...
Several unique University policies may account for what Bundy says is an avoidance of the tendency to separate teaching and research: 1) Government grants are accepted only if the project is under the direction of a Faculty member. 2) Large governmental jobs are generally not taken. 3) Except in times of war, the University avoids engagement in secret governmental research and does not accept responsibility for the administration of security clearance...
However, Bundy stated that, although any source of university income is potentially a source of control, Harvard need only accept--in all areas of science--the federal aid that it wants--without endangering its policies...