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The year was 1971. Dean of Harvard Law School Derek C. Bok had just succeeded the embattled Nathan M. Pusey ’28 as president of Harvard University. John Updike ’54 topped the bestseller list, a war dragged on in Vietnam, and conservative President Richard M...
In some instances, White House officials have gone straight to Capitol Hill to squelch regulatory efforts. In June 2003 Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, introduced an amendment to mandate 100% inspection of airplane cargo. While airline passengers walk through metal detectors and have all their bags screened, the 6...
The House passed Markey's amendment by a 278-146 vote, but the airline industry, which makes about $17 billion annually from cargo on passenger planes, claimed that the technology for 100% inspection wasn't available and that even if it did exist, costs would be prohibitive. Senior officials at...
Lieut. Colonel Oliver North is my brother. In your story you said, ''In a voice quavering with suppressed (or feigned) emotion, he took the Fifth Amendment . . .'' As a speech pathologist, I know that judging emotion from a voice is most difficult. Having watched and heard my brother during his testimony...
You mentioned a defense fund started by Oliver North's Naval Academy classmates. Your readers should be aware that there are Annapolis graduates who are not impressed with his performance and who would not contribute to such a fund. As long as we wear a uniform, we are responsible to...