Word: 1940s
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They have no motto to match the dignity of "New York's finest," or the Los Angeles police's promise "to protect and to serve." But since the 1940s, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has sought to combine the duties of law-enforcement with the protection of a college community's interests...
...book is finally out, and it turns out to be far more personal than that. It is a candid and powerful inquiry into his parents, their union activities during the 1940s and their secret membership in the Communist Party. As Bernstein explains to his father, "It's a very personal book. It's not a history book at all." In fact, it is a book about writing a book, a book about Bernstein writing the book that his parents did not want him to write...
Although Fulbright is widely respected for his fairness in foreign policy, the most interesting and disappointing story he tells is about how he could not support Civil Rights legislation in the 1940s. The senator writes that he wanted to support the legislation but adds that he had to come out against it in public because he feared losing an election to Arkansas Gov. Homer Adkins. In what amounts to a poor rationalization of his actions, Fulbright defends his statement that Blacks did not deserve to vote and his opposition to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board...
Tonight Ronnie Gilbert and Tom Paxton take the stage at Sanders Theater with a folk music extravaganza. Gilbert, formerly with the Weavers, is known for her strong contralto voice and has been performing since the 1940s. Paxton is the author of "Rambling Boy" and "The Last Thing on My Mind," and is known for his satire and sentimental wit. Tonight, the two combine their talents in what should be an outstanding first-time-together performance...
...assistant dean believes "women were mostly treated as sex objects" in Eisenhower's era, but again ignores advances women made during that era. World War II gave women unparallelled employment opportunities, and the drive toward economic equality took off not in the 1970s but in the 1940s. The '50s was not an awful era for women, a step backward on the road to equality...