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...raising, entertains the big-name circuit riders, like David Riesman, Jacques Barzun and Mortimer Adler, who drop by, and sends the fellows out on their own hustings, mostly to lecture at the three universities in the neighborhood: Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State. Then he taps out a memo: "Lost. Alice has asked us all to check whether her thin black-handled Henckels knife went home by mistake on a cake platter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: Corn Bread and Great Ideas | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Murphy, who as Cook County's public guardian is responsible for legally incompetent wards of the state, responded with further charges. At week's end, he quoted a psychiatrist's memo that said the center was "virtually a human dog lab." At Murphy's request, a judge issued an order barring destruction of any records that might shed light on the case. Huggins, for his part, left no doubt about what he thought of the suit: "It stinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Guinea Pigs? | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

Silber said in a memo sent Wednesday "We must not leave the impression that anything was gained by striking. I hope we will stick to the view that the strike wasunnecessary and self-defeating; I believe we must be able to demonstrate that they have won nothing by striking," the memo states...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters Show Silber Wanted To Discredit Faculty Strike | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...must not leave the impression that anything was gained by striking. I hope we will stick to the view that the strike was unnecessary and self-defeating; I believe we must be able to demonstrate that they have won nothing by striking," the memo states...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters Show Silber Wanted To Discredit Faculty Strike | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

According to the memo, a computer assigns random numbers to each rooming group. But the crucial part of the housing lottery--the actual assignment--is completed and checked only by housing officials. This contradicts administrators' description of the housing procedure. Many students, having lost faith in the administrations' statements, may understandably suspect systematic official manipulation in this clandestine manual process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Demystify Housing Lottery | 4/12/1979 | See Source »

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