Word: allenating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM. Woody Allen stars as Woody Allen in his new comedy about a neurotic young man who is rejected even by the girls of his fantasies...
That kind of nose-thumbing rejection of institutional convention-in the year of the most profound academic disturbances in American history-was more or less predictable. So was the disruption at Harvard's graduation, where Bruce Allen, a Students for a Democratic Society member, was hustled off the stage after describing the commencement as "an obscenity"; 150 students promptly walked out of the assembly. More surprising was the fact that such instances of revolt were relatively rare. Across the nation, the awarding of degrees to graduating seniors was surprisingly placid, sentimental and traditional. Dissent was spoken of by student...
...ALLEN KLEIN Riverdale...
...Allen then went into a long harangue explaining the SDS demands. He said that "ROTC must be smashed" because "it supports imperialist exploitation in Watts... and in Vietnam" and that the University's construction projects evicted people from their homes...
...Allen accused Pusey of lying, many members of the crowd started booing and raising their arms in a thumbs down gesture. Douglas Hardin '69, first marshal of the class, walked to the stage and stood by Allen, and a minute later the other class committee members joined him and escorted Allen away...