Word: bravely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...part A New Generation is an annoying book, for so much more could have been said. But it is also brave and honest, and in a religion too dominated by platitudes such a break with tradition is encouraging...
...Cliffite" in the class of '07 remembers social tensions relaxing to the point where girls could walk down to the Square, "providing they wore hats and gloves, held their skirt off the sidewalk, and had all their shoebuttons buttoned." Sometimes a very brave girl might "sit on a bench in the Commons for a while. This way she might see Harvard undergraduates from time to time, but speaking to them was of course unheard...
None but the Brave Deserves the Fair
...case. Faced with disappointing results in the first stages of research, many students might decide to play it safe and withdraw in December rather than be stuck with an unsatisfying or impossible task later on. For many, completing the thesis would become a punishment for having been brave enough to risk committing themselves in December. Writing a thesis is not necessarily the best course for many seniors. While this is clear to some in September, others learn only by starting the project. Insisting that all theses started be finished, which is the practical effect of the early deadline, will result...
...sounded like a familiar refrain. But McNamara and his party were genuinely impressed with Khanh, returned convinced that he deserves wholehearted U.S. support. In Saigon, Khanh was at least trying to consolidate his leadership in ways big and small, and with a lot of brave talk. He dispatched his comely wife on visits to Vietnamese and American military hospitals, pleased Mekong Delta poultry farmers by halving the export tax on ducks, ordered the late President Diem's old palace converted into an arts and science museum. The little Premier also announced a tightening up of the influence-riddled draft...