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...evidence was nonetheless piling up that U.S. policymakers, along with the AEC, were beginning to pause for second sober thought. Most members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy have turned against the idea of stopping all nuclear tests until foolproof inspection can be guaranteed. The likelihood increased that the Senate would probably refuse to ratify a nuclear treaty without such safeguards. Thus at week's end the McCone plan of agreeing to stop the atmosphere tests only -while continuing to seek methods of detecting underground tests -seemed to make good sense. If the Russians were sincere...
...seven men appointed fulfill the prophecy of the Re-Evaluation Report of April 1958, which stated that if the idea of a Master's appointment to the Council from each House were adopted, "The likelihood that students of exceptional, though popularly unrecognized talent will be chosen is high." The high caliber of the appointees in this first year of the policy, coupled with the fact that only one man will be chosen from each House, make the appointment an item of considerable prestige, and thus should insure a quorum of able and disinterested men on the Council each year...
...there have been numbers of them--could be effectively silenced by what, at the moment, looks like a very liberal move. There is no guarantee that a simple majority of Senators on the floor of their chamber will always act wisely; there is, in fact, a far greater likelihood that such a simple majority could be stampeded into precipitate action...
...restriction, was in error. I am currently engaged in research for an honors thesis on the subject of the Massachusetts birth control law. I have found that information about birth control, and birth control propaganda, are readily available in Widener, and are listed in the card catalogue. In all likelihood it is only instructional manuals and descriptions of method that are in the "Cage," and these are clearly illegal in Massachusetts. The faulty interpretation of the law, which Professor Sax so rightly protests, is the CRIMSON writer's, and not Widener's. Stephen D. Howard...
Despite the dim view that University Hall may take of the Clubs, there is little likelihood that Harvard will ever officially abolish them. In the first place, the administration takes quite seriously Harvard's tradition of giving students free reign until they interfere with others...