Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Under an 1865 ruling, graduates must wait five years before they can vote in the overseers election. The board's chief function is to approve appointments made by the President and Fellows of the University. It consists of 30 alumni -- five elected after each commencement for a six-year term...
...Even after the defeat of Hitler," said Arnold, "the intellectuals who are now condemning our efforts to enforce the international principle outlawing aggressive war failed to understand the role in international affairs which destiny had imposed on the United States." He witheringly attacked those who "think it is their function to portray the U.S. to the world as a stupid and brutal power unnecessarily killing thousands of people and burning villages. Their military advice is to stop shooting the enemy on the theory that if we did, the gratitude of the enemy would be so great as not to take...
Demise by Inches. It was not the function of the committee to pass legal judgment on Dodd's activities. Instead, it referred its findings to the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service along with information on additional accusations that the committee had not pursued in public hearings. IRS is already investigating Dodd's finances...
...tight restrictions were also formulated and had the effect of reaffirming the ban. DMSO can be used only externally, is limited to the few longstanding conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, for which there is no other satisfactory treatment. All patients must have eye examinations every three months, plus liver-function and blood tests every four weeks. Even after a doctor wins FDA approval for his research plan, he must still persuade a drug company that he is legally entitled to use DMSO...
...members of the new executive committee are William Schaeffer '68, vice-president and director of intercollegiate affairs; Barbara Sard '68, director of new programs; and Aida Chang '68, secretary. Andrew M. Gilman '68, and Donald M. Berwick '68 will evaluate and coordinate the semi-autonomous committees of PBH--a function which two vice-presidents performed last year