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...result, he explains, many faculty members withdrew from involvement with undergraduates, angered over the forced diversion of their attention from important academic work to political issues external to the University. Efforts to involve the University in protest over the Vietnam War. Rosovsky claims, "Politically, psychologically, and in every other way were costly...
Between 1970 and 1974, according to last week's indictment, Tzur illegally transferred about $16.2 million from The Israel Corp. and two of its subsidiaries to a Liechtenstein credit trust. The trust was controlled by Tibor Rosenbaum, president of the International Credit Bank (I.C.B.) in Geneva. Apparently, Rosenbaum withdrew the illegal deposits-along with other funds that he transferred from his bank to Liechtenstein trusts-to pay off mounting debts incurred by his other enterprises, mostly real estate ventures...
...search committee had culled a list of 260 names to find a new president. The choice finally narrowed down to Saxon, the candidate of the liberals and moderates, and Robben Fleming, president of the University of Michigan, who was backed by the conservatives. After several trips to California, Fleming withdrew from the running and the regents, with less than a solid vote of confidence, picked Saxon. On the final ballot 13 regents voted for Saxon, four abstained and six were absent. Saxon was chosen, says the regents' chairman William French Smith, because, among other reasons, he knew...
Cheatham, who took office in September 1972, resigned and then withdrew his resignation at the request of the School Committee in October 1974, following a hiring dispute with the Cambridge Civic Association...
...than the Fed has set, argued Burns, would lead to an "explosive" expansion of money and credit and fire up inflation. Burns also said that he was not aware of any shortage of funds available to credit-worthy borrowers. He apparently made a persuasive case, since Reuss backed down, withdrew his bills, and accepted a largely meaningless compromise. The committee voted to urge the Fed to pursue a policy that would reduce interest rates, and to set up voluntary guidelines for the allocation of credits-much as the Fed has done since last fall...