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What Bok calls "tainted money" can do a lot of good, admittedly, and it would be hard to argue that the University shouldn't take money from anyone of lesser moral standards than Harvard itself. Bok draws the line at accepting stolen goods, however. The only thing Bok overlooks is that there are plenty of legal ways to steal a fortune...
...Carter Administration has requested a defense authorization for fiscal year 1980 of $135.5 billion. Some contend that military spending has declined because it is a lesser percent of three indices commonly used in government presentations: as a percent of the federal budget, of gross national product and of net public spending...
...States itself, and the maintenance of a nuclear second-strike capability. In calm and modest style, they then describe in detail how U.S. defense spending could be reduced by 40 per cent. They propose cutbacks in the forces "which are primarily useful not against the U.S.S.R. but against the lesser military powers in the poorer half of the world, like Vietnam," and in "the vast excess in the quantity of nuclear weapons" that the U.S. now has and continues to build. They recommend that we do without our nuclear bombers and land-based missiles; the nuclear submarine force, the most...
...Less than 200 miles south of the capital lie the vine-covered slopes of Burgundy. Rooms and restaurant tables are plentiful. The grands crus wines, especially those grown on the Côte d'Or, the Slope of Gold, and the Côte de Beaune can be sampled along with lesser vintages at wine caves or the many charming restaurants along the road. The great regional dishes are considerably less expensive than pallid Parisian versions of this essentially peasant food. The one-star Les Gourmets at Mar-sannay-la-Côte serves a $12 dinner...
Then there are the in-laws and lesser relatives. Last month the prime ministership was held by Manea Manescu, husband of Ceauşescu's sister Maria. When he retired because of ill health, the job went to another brother-in-law, Ilie Verdeţ husband of Ceauşescu's sister Reghina. Three other family members are Deputy Prime Ministers, including Elena's brother Gheorghe Petrescu; he is in charge of Rumania's arms-making industry...