Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conclusion we would like to say that the CRIMSON's editorial assault does serve to make us aware that we in the Agency Corporation, in our earnest effort to respect the concerns of the Harvard Square merchants, have perhaps failed to develop a comparable concern for, and good relationships with, other student organizations in the Harvard community which are dependent on commerce. The Agency Corporation, we now clearly realize for the first time, is different from other student organizations in that it does have a special relationship with the Student Employment Office and an active and interested Board of Directors...
...fitting climax to a compendium of festivities at once serious and light-hearted, the confetti battle symbolized the perpetual struggle between the young and the old. Alumni, clad in outrageous costumes, staging pranks reminiscent of their undergraduate days, debunking the pious and scorning treasured icons, would assault members of the senior class with streamers, confetti, and any piece of available rubbish...
...cities, according to the FBI tally for 1956, Negroes, making up 10% of the U.S. population, accounted for about 30% of all arrests, and 60% of the arrests for crimes involving violence or threat of bodily harm-murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. In one city after another, the figures-where they are not hidden or suppressed by politicians-reveal a shocking pattern. Items...
...Angeles (13% Negro). In 1956 Negroes accounted for 28% of all arrests, and 48% of the arrests for homicide, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft...
...police are far from diligent enough in dealing with crimes committed against Negroes-and Negroes are the victims in the great majority of Negro crimes of violence. Since Negroes, even when they are victims or innocent bystanders, are often wary of calling the police, many offenses of disorder and assault go unreported when committed by Negroes in the depths of a ghetto...