Word: attendance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also became deeply interested in politics. He opposed U.S. entry into World War II, joined the isolationist America First movement, even testified before a congressional committee against U.S. aid to Britain. He also argued-as some of his New Left students do today-that students should be permitted to attend peace rallies. Looking back, Brewster sees his position as defensible at the time, since, he thought, F.D.R. was pushing the U.S. toward war without a "fair hearing and popular debate...
...make up the Harvard musical world. As any musically inclined freshman will tell you, the newcomer to Cambridge is faced with a wide variety of opportunities to express himself in music and, especially at certain times of the year (early December and May) a plethora of musical events to attend...
...involvement in any other organization or activity. Equally famous is the hauteur of the Glee Club which, as one member put it, is as much Club as it is Glee; or of WHRBies who walk around wearing "Mozart Forever," and "Back to Bach" buttons but who never deign to attend concerts, in the apparent belief that music produced by plastic discs and dials and buttons is superior to that of live performers...
...means has all opposition disappeared. Sex education is still suspect in many parts of the country, and often severely limited. Many teachers are still afraid of getting into trouble with trustees or families. Some schools require the parents' written consent before children may attend the classes or lectures. But school systems with a diversity of religious groupings are launching experimental programs. New York City's begins next September, Chicago's started last winter, and 400-odd others are under way. This year, for the first time, the Federal Government is awarding two grants specifically in the field...
...most elegant birthday party Rome had seen in years. There were black Lancias and motorcycle escorts for the guests. They were attended by pages in medieval red and gold coats and silver-buckled shoes, and listened to festive speeches amid the baroque frescoes in the Palazzo dei Conservatori. They dined in the Palazzo del Quirinale, the former home of Italy's kings, and sipped champagne until late into the night with some of Rome's most beautiful women, including Gina Lollobrigida. The only trouble was that the men who should have been there to celebrate the tenth anniversary...