Word: abolitionism
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Kaplan said that he is trying for a diversity of viewpoints, "within the context of the HUC position on ROTC." He said that he was considering at least one person who had been in favor of abolition of ROTC.
SOME PERHAPS will argue that there is no evil great enough to justify disobeying a dean and causing a disturbance. But those of us who still remember some of the history of this century, feel obliged to weigh the evil we are fighting in the same balance with the rules...
For Abolition. Millions of U.S. voters are disfranchised every four years by the college's winner-take-all system, and they are plainly eager for a change. A Louis Harris poll showed 79% of Americans in favor of abolishing the college and providing for direct election of the President...
Ten reform resolutions have been introduced since the 91st Congress convened. One, by Louisiana Democrat Hale Boggs, which retains the state electoral votes but disbands the college itself, provides for automatic election of any candidate receiving 40% of the electoral vote. If none gets that percentage, there would be a...
Well of Feeling. On political issues he is the essence of what Britons call bloody-mindedness-the trait of holding to one's own convictions, no matter how wrongheaded they may seem to others. He is the delight of right-wing Tories in money matters, demanding the abolition of...