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...opinion of Historian Sidney Hyman (The Politics of Consensus), Nixon's new role as a conciliator is another example of the "politics of reverse images," which changes many men who enter the White House. F.D.R., the aristocrat, became known, for example, as the man of the people. Dwight Eisenhower, the general, became the peacemaker. Richard Nixon, the abrasive partisan, has-so far anyway-been neither abrasive nor partisan. Though it is too early to speculate whether Nixon will be a good or bad President-it is probably impossible to be a mediocre President today-it is not too early...
...question of the student split, perhaps the graduate students should realize that a consensus in an afternoon informal discussion often breaks down when people speak individually at night...
...Finally, there was a consensus among the students about the success of the meeting, and not a split, as reported in the CRIMSON...
...very general." Whether the students' suggestions that they be allowed to help write the syllabus and choose the reading list constitutes a "complete overhaul" of the course is, of course, open to debate. Surely Miss Kyle, a third signer of the letter, remembers saying Monday night that "the consensus of the meeting was that the required courses be made much more flexible...
Center Al Karlander is the team's top scorer and outstanding individual. He was the only Tech player to be named to the All-Conference first team and is a consensus All-American...