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...president of Students for a Democratic Society during the mid-1960s, Gitlin directly addresses today’s activists in Letters. In a time of war and highly visible worldwide demonstrations, his book powerfully links today’s protests to their ’60s-era antecedents...
Gitlin’s fatherly knowingness is comforting and patronizing. His insights are priceless. He analyzes how the turbulent ’60s differ from our own moment, noting how the student movement of the 1960s can be both inspirational and intimidating...
Version of the good life: I don’t think the person would admit to having a “version of the good life” (sounds too much like an Italian movie from the 1960s), but despite the elegant picture I have constructed so far, I think this person also likes hiking and such. Don?...
...trundle on shore to lay their eggs. Thousands of massive leatherbacks used to haul themselves onto the beach right next to the Tanjong Jara to do the same. Sadly, mistreatment of the ancient creatures?by tourists, fishermen and egg hunters?has reduced landings from some 10,000 in the 1960s to zero last year...
...risks of mass vaccination were well studied in the 1960s, the last decade in which mass vaccination was practiced in the United States. For every million individuals vaccinated against smallpox for the first time in the 1960s, roughly 1000 experienced serious reactions, between 14 and 52 experienced potentially life-threatening reactions, and 1 to 2 died as a result of life-threatening reactions. It is estimated that serious reactions and deaths may be two to three times greater in the current era due to a much greater prevalence of those who are immune compromised, such as those with undiagnosed AIDS...