Word: 1960s
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Most who smoked dope did so only casually, butothers fell into the category of "if you rememberthe 1960s, you weren't there." The bad trips andwasted minds seen in those years are probably thebest argument against using drugs that we can giveto our offspring when we come to discussing thatawkward topic...
...demonstrations of that year did not have as "electrifying [an] effect on the Harvard community" as the preceding events of the late 1960s, the yearbook article said...
Political strife across the nation was only exacerbated by economic woes. The economy soured as a result of federal deficits in the 1960s and growing international competition and energy costs. Unemployment rose six percent in 1970, and the real gross national product decreased...
...emphasized equal conditions for womenbefore equal numbers. "Our principal job right nowis to fix this place up for the women whoare here," she said. So the colleges weremerged, with numerical gender equity todayremaining a so-far elusive goal.Photo Courtesy Harvard YearbookWomen's liberation movements hit the Squarein the late 1960s...
Though originally a popular president, Pusey had been met with growing resistance to his decisions as his term drew on--and especially as it came to a close during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s...