Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...pointless book. It is a biography of Robert Kennedy and yet does not attempt to understand or explain him. Its failure to present a single coherent view of Kennedy-to illuminate his personality and probe it in depth-is a damning fault. Both authors were Kennedy "insiders": Milton Gwirtzman 54 was a political associate of Kennedy and William vanden Heuval was a close friend. It is surprising that they fail to go beyond the public view of Kennedy in their description...
...have discussed. The accounts ramble on-some good, most tedious-more like a topical transcript of Kennedy's activities in his last few years than a true biography. The problem is that On His Own's various parts do not directly contribute to the formulation of a single, comprehensive view of Kennedy or his life work. Its chapters remain disjointed from any main theme. What is so frustrating is that the authors choose not to show the significance of the episodes they spend so many pages describing...
...Kennedy books; in comparison to it, On His Own seems especially vacuous. Newfield does not try to defend Kennedy's mistakes, but rather makes them understandable-and forgivable-within the context of his character. Writing largely from his personal contact with Kennedy, Newfield succeeds in developing a comprehensive view of him and his political development. His Robert Kennedy is outstanding. There is no reason to read On His Own: RFK 1964-68 in addition...
...agreement reached this week permits HEW officials to view, under a series of safeguards, certain employee records in order to determine whether the University engages in discriminatory personnel practices...
...early in April when HEW officials demanded to see all the files of wage and salary employees in order to determine whether the University was complying with provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act forbidding discrimination in employment practices. The officials also claimed they had the legal right to view "all University records," presumably including student files, and medical and psychiatric records...