Word: alterations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some oilmen insisted that the week's events could permanently alter trading patterns in the world's oil markets. More likely, since Israeli planes and tanks had ended the battle so speedily, the petroleum business, like stocks, commodities and money, would gradually return to normalcy...
...futility of unlimited material aspiration and acquire a "revolutionary consciousness." But such predictions cannot be proved, and the fact is that many of the "new" workers who have reached decent levels of consumption aspire vigorously to the middleclass style of life. There remains, then, the problem of how to alter the values of teachers and technicians who have been indoctrinated by the system. It is possible that alienation about assignments on the job, and discontent about the Vietnamese War may be translated into an understanding of the faults of the entire system. But it is questionable whether such "knowledge...
...classes have entered Harvard with more faith in government (stirred by calls to action from a young, vigorous leader) but few have left with less. The ineffectiveness of activism among moderates, particularly in altering the course of the war, has caused many to become far more concerned with the "system" itself--the total distribution of power. If the power structure would not yield to reasonable demands and if real authority was somehow masked, then those who sought to gain reform would have to first figure out how the system worked. The most important goal would be to alter the distribution...
...retrospect, Otto Preminger must be credited with having stood up against the dominant force of the '50's. Separate Tables, The Man With the Golden Arm, and other Preminger films demonstrated considerable personal honesty (which by itself, of course, may be worth nothing) and tried to alter rather than cater to prevailing tastes...
Such programs will provide intellectuals, here and on other campuses, with an opportunity to alter public opinion across the country. Articulate and knowledgeable, these students and professors could prove the most articulate and effective spokesmen against...