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...that American liberalism no longer has the power to draw people as it used to. People see evidence of a lack of common sense in too great a demand for freedom. Also, I think, many people have found the changes of the last few years too hard to adjust to; they demand a slower pace to progress, and more compromises. This explains a lot of the drawing power of Governor Wallace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McGOVERN IS ANATHEMA | 6/2/1972 | See Source »

...said that many schools do not understand black culture. "A lot of teachers think that a child is dumb or slow it he talks in the black dialect at school," he said. Bouldin also said that schools and testing programs must accept the validity of the black dialect and adjust...

Author: By David G. Hoffman, | Title: Conference Seeks Respect for 'Ghetto Talk' | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

Robert Williams, a black psychologist from Washington University in St. Louis who spoke to the convention, said Saturday that white psychologists are largely responsible for the educational system's inability to adjust to black culture. Williams said that white psychologists who don't understand blacks develop theories about black culture and then plagiarize the work of black psychologists to defend their theories...

Author: By David G. Hoffman, | Title: Conference Seeks Respect for 'Ghetto Talk' | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...still there, wasn't he? He was doing the same things, wasn't he (even if four or five photographers were always shooting it from the balcony)? Even Erich Segal wasn't as media-sophisitcated as he could've been. He badly needed a term's leave to adjust...

Author: By Christopher H. Foreman, | Title: Erich Segal: Does He Have A Choice? | 5/9/1972 | See Source »

...team went into the match with only two days of outside practice, and it was unable to adjust to the rain-soaked clay courts. The high winds coming off of the East River were also a factor, but coach Jack Barnaby has a simple explanation for the disaster, " they were better than us, and they were lucky...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: Lions Devour Courtmen, 9-0 | 4/15/1972 | See Source »

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