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...truthful claims, and argues that the church has always professed liberty of conscience-which ignores several centuries of the Inquisition. The bitterly debated declaration On Non-Christian Religions is not nearly as direct or forceful as the original draft proposed, and omits what might have given it maximum moral impact-a phrase acknowledging the church's role in fostering anti-Semitism in previous centuries...
Shifting back to the communications revolution, Humphrey said that the transistor radio "may have had more psychological impact on the world than any other single invention in the past century...
...made a deal with the French Rothschild bankers, who are partners in his Paris consulting branch, to set up a company that will offer computer services to French firms. He is also conducting a course for executives of 90 major U.S. and European companies in the long-range impact of information technology on business (his total fee: $1,000,000), and is negotiating with the government of an East European satellite to teach its managers U.S. business techniques. That project has been approved by the U.S. Government, which has often engaged Diebold as an adviser to the Labor Department...
...most promising area for making money is still real estate, which offers larger returns for less effort than any other endeavor. The biggest key to wealth in real estate-and many other businesses-is "leverage," the ability to magnify the power and impact of a small initial investment by operating mostly on borrowed capital. A speculative builder can erect a building for 10% down, then get financing for the rest and boost his after-tax profits by deducting both his interest costs and heavy depreciation...
Croan, along with three other Harvard professors interviewed by the CRIMSON last night, stressed the difficulty of assessing the impact of the split on the international Communist movement...