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Word: adamses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sitting in his Adams House office. Rudenstine twists his legs into a new contortion as he describes the situation that has attracted him to Princeton: "It is not so much what I'll personally be doing, but rather the excitement of the place as a whole. There's a tremendous...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Neil Rudenstine | 2/14/1968 | See Source »

Two professors spoke in opposition to the bill, Louis Osborne, professor of physics at M.I.T., and James L. Adams, professor of Christian Ethics at the Divinity School. Osborne, also chairman of the Academic Freedom Committee of the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, said there is a correlation between the universities...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: UMass Teachers May Be Probed | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

Both he and Adams questioned whether burning draft cards is a crime. Adams defined civil disobedience as a means for expression of conscience against public policy and a way of focusing attention on an issue the individual feels should be studied.

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: UMass Teachers May Be Probed | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

A criminal wants to hide his act and escape punishment, Adams said, but a person committing civil disobedience wants to publicize his act and be punished for it.

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: UMass Teachers May Be Probed | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

Adams said there should be no difference in the amount of freedom allowed state and privately-employed professors, but committee members repeatedly said there should be a distinction in the responsibilities of the two groups.

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: UMass Teachers May Be Probed | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

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