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...stringent screening of applicants by school still leaves Harvard with 85 per cent of Rs applicants accepted into as medical school--a commendable percentage. However, the tremendous increase in undergraduate class enrollment has led Harvard to promote its screening. This year for the first time, students other than Freshmen receiving a grade below B in Mutural Sciences 3, "Introduction to Chemistry," cannot enroll in Chem 20 unless they receive a score of 700 or better in the Chemistry placement examination...
Until recently, in fact-probably until her alliance with the 45-year-old Marquand, who fathered her two-month-old boy-Sanda was in constant rebellion against a stringent French Catholic upbringing. When her parents refused to let her attend an art school in Paris, she left home at 16 and became a model. Success, travel and money came almost instantaneously. Some nude pictures taken at that time found their way into Playboy only this year, much to her disgust. "The nudity was an act of personal vengeance against my very strict upbringing," she explains. "Today it seems stupid...
Heroin use in Japan has been virtually eliminated by stringent enforcement of a 1963 law that provided for harsh handling of both pushers and addicts. A life sentence is meted out for selling butsu (the Japanese gangsters' untranslatable coinage for heroin). Mere possession can mean several years in jail. To cut off the demand, the government required that every user caught be confined for at least 30 days of treatment. The most Draconian fact-by American standards-is that each addict's treatment begins with "cold turkey," or withdrawal unassisted by chemical crutches such as methadone...
...first crack in the Baptist community appeared in 1960, after the All-Union Council, undoubtedly under government orders, sent a stringent Letter of Instructions to district superintendents. The instructions barred children from attending services, and told pastors to discourage baptisms of persons under 30 and to avoid proselytizing. A furor ensued, particularly in outlying areas where believers thought the All-Union Council was already too compliant toward the government. Many churchmen also resented having no voice in selecting council leaders...
Brandt stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel under tight security last night. The German Secret Service has also imposed stringent security arrangements for this morning's convocation and for a private luncheon in Brandt's honor, hosted by President and Mrs. Bok, which follows at the Busch-Reisinger Museum. He will return to Germany tonight...