Word: aikens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foundations for world order today must be based on expediency and compromise," Henry D. Aiken, professor of Philosophy, said last night in a debate on "Moral Foundations for World Order" held in the Lowell House Junior Common Room under the auspices of the College chapter of the United World Federalists. "There are no recognized customs of international conduct which are recognized by the two main systems in today's world...
...Aiken shared the platform with Philosophy Professor John D. Wild...
Wild disagreed with Aiken's views, and said "there are certain natural values" such as those contained in the U.N.'s 1945 International Declaration of Human Rights which cannot be sacrificed "for the sake of muddling through," as be termed our present policy...
...shows as roller-derbies, The Shadow, and Ralph Flanagan's band. For 1952, the recruiters had signed up Singer Frankie Laine ($434,602), a weekly football game ($117,166), and a 15-minute weekly Bill Stern sportcast ($254,867). Just what, asked Vermont's Senator George Aiken, did all this outlay "have to do with the work of the armed services...
...Aiken was unconvinced. "You don't change a young man's mind by having him hear a band," he snapped. "The best way to convince him he should enlist is to write him a letter explaining the advantages of enlisting over waiting until he's drafted...