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...psychopath, as Harrington defines him, is not just an exaggerated version of the neurotic, afraid to walk under a ladder. He is the new man, free from either anxiety or remorse, cold, bored, self-isolated, adventurous, seductive when he wants to be. Or as Harrington lists some types: "Drunkards and forgers, addicts, flower children . . . Mafia loan shark battering his victim, charming actor, murderer, nomadic guitarist, hustling politician, the saint who lies down in front of tractors, icily dominating Nobel Prize winner stealing credit from laboratory assistants . . . all, all doing their thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mad World! Mad Kings! | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

...still treated as second class scholars at every level of the University. Though several women faculty members have been appointed this year, they will still account for only 1.9 per cent of all tenured appointments. Most of the women teachers in the University are clustered around the off-ladder positions which seldom lead to professional advancement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EQUAL ADMISSIONS | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

...should be added that Thomas' reaction to Ryan is atypical. Most division managers respect Ryan's capabilities and some of them even honored his request to refrain from saying anything substantial to the Crimson. Ryan started as a bartender his freshman year, and worked his way up the HSA ladder. He became the manager of the catering division, one of the agency's most profitable enterprises...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: Is HSA Any Way to Run a Business? | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

Klein had advanced higher on the ladder than Maier and Williamson. In July, 1969, the Geology Department raised him to the non-tenured rank of associate professor. In Spring, 1971, the Department recommended that he be promoted to full professor and be granted tenure...

Author: By Arthur H. Lubow, | Title: Tell Me, How Can I Get Tenure at Harvard? | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

...recent interview, Bok asserted that "we have added significantly to the number of women in faculty and Corporation appointments (this year)." Statistics on appointments change almost daily, but even a hopeful estimate by Bloomfield could not place the year's net increase of women in on-ladder positions above five or six. And though more than five or six new appointments were made, several exceptionally well-qualified women are being...

Author: By Ann Juergens, | Title: The Status of Women: Is Harvard Progressing? | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

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