Word: camping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...persuade them not to flit off to the country and the beaches on vacation instead of staying around to vote, the Gaullists kept up the pressure. "Do not relax! The battle is not yet won," exhorted Pompidou. "Finish them off; yes finish off those who are in the camp of revolution and negativism." At weeks end, in a final appeal for support Charles de Gaulle spoke to the French on television and radio. "My calling and my mandate command me to show you the road you must follow," he declared. "In our voting, we must provide ourselves with a Parliament...
...first the idea was 'movement building.' The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy decided to keep his demands vague. He would bring his troops to Washington, camp out, moan, sing and wait. Resurrection City would be the core around which a political movement would then materialize...
...difficult to see how they can miss. Harvard Summer School offers, at the very least, all the virtues of a good sleep-away camp: swimming, tennis, boating, dances, music, and companionship. And of course there are the various courses, the free lectures, the movies and theatre. But most important, perhaps, the Summer School offers a taste of Harvard to thousands who would not get it otherwise...
...other violent incidents have occurred since the shacks were set up in mid-May, and at least 20 visitors have been robbed, beaten or stabbed outside the encampment fence. "There are rapes, robberies and cuttings every day," said Alvin Jackson, who resigned in anger last week as the camp's chief security marshal, "and there is nothing we can do about...
Never in the 73 years that Venice has played host to the art world's equivalent of the Olympics had the skirts worn by female artists and Biennale camp followers been so spectacularly brief. Alas, they were almost the only spectaculars on view. Gone altogether were the champagne gaiety, the busy art politicking and the horde of wealthy patrons who normally flock to the chic pre-opening parties in the palazzos along the Grand Canal. Instead, the opening of the 34th Venice Biennale had become a social and artistic shambles. This dubious achievement was yet another milestone in this...