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Under the Canopy. In the long view, the conference is likely to have less impact on what happens in Viet Nam than in the whole of Asia. Johnson's constant refrain was Asia's growing sense of regional pride. "It's like what Baltimore got from winning the World Series," he said at one point. While that must have baffled any Asian leaders who heard it, they were clearly gratified by his pledge that the U.S. was committed to help the area not as a dominant power but as a partner within a new comity of nations...
...whose campaign has swiftly recovered momentum lost during a three-week moratorium imposed after the murder of his daughter Valerie in September-comes down hard on the immediate, largely non-ideological issues. Percy emphasizes inflation, tight money and racial disorders, condemns Douglas' you-never-had-it-so-good refrain as "materialistic," and largely untrue; last week Percy launched a four-day whistle-stop train trip through downstate areas...
...frosh do not stay for four years, which implies that if such smart kids do not make it, something must be wrong with the teaching. To help freshmen adjust to the competition, Caltech now issues only "pass" or "fail" grades the first year. M.I.T., tired of the student refrain that "Tech is hell," has similarly loosened its freshman and sophomore course load, broken up its long-standard curriculum. "In the past, if a fellow was too short we stretched him, and if he was too long we shrank him-now we try to mold the system around the class," says...
...room instead of being forced to spend money around the Square or in Boston. The extension would not prevent students from studying on Friday since most of the University's libraries are open that evening. Even with late parietals, the Masters could dampen noise by requesting House residents to refrain from holding large parties in their rooms on Friday night...
...intense and concentrated intelligence. That combination -- plus song writing and vocal talent -- gives them a tremendous built-in advantage over every other group (except the Beatles) in the business. As you watch them you are almost irresistibly tempted to ask them what their sleeping arrangements are, but refrain because you know they would probably tell it to you straight...