Word: call
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard, that bulwark of establishment liberalism, all this presents some very terrible problems. Privately, the deans think marijuana laws are as ridiculous as the rest of the intellectual world does. But there are pressures to contend with when you are running a college. Narcotics agents and outside police could call for a bust at any time, as they did last year at Princeton, Yale, and Cornell. The University could be placed in a very embarrassing and costly legal position if the family of a student convicted of drug offense should decide to sue Harvard after it was learned that...
There was little reason for surprise that Cousins had backed the obstreperous young priest whom Negroes call "Ajax, the White Knight." Ever since Groppi launched his campaign to "turn Milwaukee upside down," Cousins, who has been Archbishop of Milwaukee since 1958, has supported his right to do so. Describing Groppi as "a little immature" but "honest, dedicated and sincere," the archbishop in 1965 insisted that priests, as citizens, have every right to engage in politics as their conscience dictates. In recent weeks, however, Cousins has admitted that he has been under strong pressure to discipline Groppi; the chancery office...
Most important, the red-cell units will include up to 1,000 rare types, a call for which often touches off a transcontinental alarm to round up donors. Dr. Allen points to a corkboard listing the rarest of the 500 types now in stock. A Philadelphia doctor recently phoned the center and asked, not too hopefully, whether it could find donors with an extremely rare blood type. "I don't know about donors," replied the center's duty officer. "Just tell me how many units you want." The doctor wanted eight. He got them...
From a technical point of view, the Queens' successor will be a more sophisticated lady. The ship' is 13 ft. narrower and draws 7 ft. less water, which means that, unlike them, it can transit the Panama and Suez canals and call at ports they had difficulty entering...
...meals he consumes in triplicate or the multiple birthdays, anniversaries and holidays that must all be observed. New Year's Eve, for instance, he celebrates an hour ahead of time with Giulia and children (explaining that he has an orchestra engagement to keep); then follows a tender phone call to Adela and children, then a nightclub date with Marisa. His best friend's child has to be baptized twice so that both Giulia and Adela can be godmothers...