Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Student Mobilization Committee. But it undoubtedly created a prevalent atmosphere of distrust on the left (dismissed by many at the time as paranoia). The program was also enormously successful in damaging the lives and careers of individual activists, perhaps the most immediately tragic aspect of the affair. Because these documents deal primarily with COINTELPRO-SWP, they do not shed any light on the organizations which did split, with unfortunate results. It's well worth speculating what role FBI agents played in the 1969 SDS split and in the numerous splits in the Panthers...
...Book Affair '76, at Memorial Hall and Sanders Theater, May 7, 8, 9. Admission is free for Harvard students...
...result of prior urgings by Nessen and White House Photographer David Kennerly, President Ford briefly appeared on the show, via videotape, with some wooden gags of his own. Though a number of Republican viewers were appalled at Nessen's poor judgment, White House officials chose to characterize the affair as regrettable but forgettable. The President was reported to be "not pleased." As for the erstwhile star himself, Nessen opined that discussing the show was "not something grown men should be doing...
...year old recruit in the Red Army, which is reeling from the German assault of 1941, is decorated for heroism at the front and granted a short leave home to visit his mother. This journey home, through the interior of war-torn Russia is complete with a love affair and an emotional reunion with mother and comrades at what appears to be a collective farm. The beauty of the scenery and the beauty of his unfulfilled romance combine to make this a remarkably moving film...
...also unclear exactly how the psychological stuff fits in to Johnson's later career, which I gather it's supposed to do. There's a longish section on Johnson's first love affair that is no doubt new information, but leads nowhere and connects to nothing. At times, later on, Kearns tries very hard to fit her early findings into Johnson's adult life--his policies showing, a desire for love, and so on--but by then the connections seem forced and unimportant...