Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...profits and a general decline in business were the main reasons behind what Coop President Milton P. Brown '40 terms "probably the worst year in the Coop's history...
...disastrous year for business in general," Brown said Friday, "and the Coop, which made money, did better than most retail stores, but we still didn't make nearly as much as we originally expected...
Others, like new Coop General Manager Howard W. Davis, want the store to carry any kind of merchandise students are interested in buying, even if it means competing with department stores and specialty shops in Greater Boston...
Assigning Responsibility. The guilt of common soldiers and junior officers, according to Taylor, depends largely on whether or not their acts are consistent with widespread battle practiceregardless of official orders. If they are consistent, then responsibility may move up as high as the commanding general. Taylor cites the case of General Tomayuki Yamashita, commander of Japanese forces in the Philippines during the chaotic final stages of World War II. Yamashita had given orders against unnecessary killing, but because he failed to prevent it, a military court tried him and put him to death. Taylor suggests that...
...does not require blind patriotism or total cynicism to boggle at the possibility of, say, General Westmoreland haled before such a bar of military justice. But Taylor's findings, like the statement of many a Supreme Court decision, are morally compelling, because of the lore and logic cited to support them. Beyond its direct application to Viet Nam, the book is a remarkable historic study of a line of social thought that many readers will begin by regarding as hopeless and legalistic, and end by admiring profoundly...