Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...undoubtedly swayed by the single strongest argument for pass-fail which has been constantly repeated during the two-year debate. David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Science, states it best: "Most students here take too many courses. They chop their emotional energies into too many little bits. We should be encouraging students to play from weakness instead of strength, but the system here puts pressure on the student not to extend himself in areas where he's awkward because he fears not doing brilliantly...
...afternoon of the Dow demonstration Norr and another HPC member became the first students within memory to testify before the CEP. Norr made the usual plea for allowing broader experimentation, but his other argument may have been decisive...
...conspiracy theory was vigorously espoused by Senators Robert and Edward Kennedy and their aides. McNamara has retained close personal ties with the Kennedys (a fact used to support the argument that McNamara had been canned), and on Monday evening Bobby spent an hour with McNamara at the Pentagon. Next day, as Bobby passed him notes, Ted took the Senate floor to say: "I have heard that it is not a question of his having submitted his resignation." He went on to ask for the facts while Kennedy aides kept feeding misinformation into Washington's ever-ready fantasy factory...
During one argument with Warner, Beatty prostrated himself before the old man, dug his nose in the rug, and moaned: "Look, Jack, please do what I say. I won't waste your money." Warner looked down and grunted: "Get up off the floor, kid, you're embarrassing me." Beatty...
...still refuses to allow the Vietcong to attend the General Assembly. The Administration says that it is useless to even talk about discussions since the Vietcong will never drop their earlier objections to formal discussion in any U.N. forum. After all, the U.S. argument continues, if the N.L.F. or North Vietnamese agree to discussions, these would serve no constructive purpose since the Vietcong will never drop their objections to United Nations involvement in Vietnam. William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, and Robert J. McCloskey, State Department spokesman, have presented long lists of statements...