Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Heartiest congratulations to President Peterson on keeping her cool in the Linda Le Clair affair [April 26]. The problem is not Barnard's, or that of any college. It was produced-and must be accepted by-the adult community. What I rebellious students overlook is the immutable equation that if one would contest the paternalistic supervision of the college, he must accept the legalistic restrictions and moral consequences of society. Even if Linda makes the minor point that some of the residential requirements of the college may trespass upon what she claims as her individual rights, has she proved...
Vance, 51, is an unflappable, meticulous negotiator who quickly grasps facts and nuances. "He is not the you-and-I-will-get-to-be-great-friends type," one diplomat observed during the Cyprus confrontation. "He appreciates frankness and despises arrogance, and he has never said one word throughout this affair that he would take back...
...love affair is allowed momentarily to flourish in the marshes of Tarbox, and its individuality is contrasted to the interchangeable lust of the others. This is Piet's love for Foxy Whitman, a lady for whom the author too seems to have had some love, for he has made her a luminous and appealing character. But this affair glows only briefly. And though Piet and Foxy do marry, they do so long after their love has died...
University Police were seen taking bursar's cards or names and addresses from three students. Dean Watson took a student's card early in the affair but gave it back right away...
...does seem, as your Mr. Glassman would have it, that the Columbia protestors are getting poor press coverage, and in the certitude of his position he becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. CBS News certainly did cover the affair on the night of May 1, and their extended newsreel showed just how sorry a situation there be: arguments obviously intended to go nowhere between righteous long-haired demonstrators and somewhat more self-consciously righteous short-haired jocks, with one beleaguered cop for good measure, pointing out in his New York accent that "when you tell someone ta move, he's sposta...