Word: 1960s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stanfield Professor of International PeaceRobert O. Keohane, who was a student of Shklar'sin the early 1960s, said her work in the "eloquentdefense of liberalism" could be explained in termsof her experience; she was not one to take liberaldemocracy for granted...
...provide for the students something that's very hard for them to get any other way," said Rudenstine, a former teaching fellow in the English department and an Adams House tutor in the 1960s. "They will come to you and they will depend...
...ROTC debate did not always center on the military's treatment of gays and lesbians. In fact, when vehement protesters helped to force the organization off campus in the late 1960s, they were concerned with Harvard's ties to the military-industrial complex...
...fluttering in the breeze, the dollar in recent days has looked as though it was about to be blown off its flagpole. The American currency dropped a dizzying 4% against the German mark in a four-day slump that leveled off in the middle of last week. In the 1960s, when the dollar was king of currencies, it was worth 4 marks; by a year ago, it was still worth more than 1.7 marks. But last week the value of the dollar was down to just 1.4 marks...
...prosecutors, however, face a hurdle they did not have in the first trial: they must prove that the defendants specifically intended to deprive King of his civil rights. The Reconstruction-era statutes under which the officers have been charged were used during the civil rights movement of the 1960s to help federal authorities convict police miscreants who could not be found guilty in Southern courts. The statutes had earlier been challenged for being too vague, which prompted the Supreme Court to sharpen their focus by requiring prosecutors to demonstrate a "specific intent" to deprive someone of a federally guaranteed right...