Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With this background, he was picked by the President's Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence to head a study of the clashes between cops and civilians during the Democratic Convention in Chicago last August. No one could suspect Walker of pro-hippie bias; so his report had all the more impact last week when it accused the police themselves of rioting. The report, Rights in Conflict (TIME, Dec. 6), found fault on both sides-but came down harder on Chicago's police for losing control not only of the crowds, but also of themselves...
...components, will necessarily require a great many young men, including present and future students, and will also require the highest type of leadership--the type of commanders who are most commonly found among university students who are qualified by specialized military training in addition to their native intelligence, intellectual background and overall background. Unless this source of leadership continues to come in quantity from the universities, our military leadership will become a vacuum to be filled by lesser...
...black students had made eleven demands, includig a black admissions officer, special consideration for blacks because of their inadequate academic background, and additional scholarship funds. Heffner agreed to all the demands except a quota...
King of Hearts--Phillipe de Broca's color fantasy, bound to bring some joy into your world. Alan Bates is in it, and the whole thing is blessed with one of the nicest background scores ever, the work of Georges Delerue. At the BRATTLE, beginning Sunday...
...modular settings, which combine function with a sort of determined elegance rare to house stages. Equally significant is Mr. Bloch's decision to emphasize the inherent humor of line and situation, and to use a liberal hand in devising comic business. Although occasionally subtle antics which animate the human background throughout the evening distract from more important actions, the general effect is one of rich detail, and this must be judged a special pleasure while Harvard theater is so often plagued by underrealized staging. Much of the politically cheering impact of this production derives directly from its humor, as further...