Word: civile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Because present draft laws make severing a procedure often less lenient than that which might be meted out by a Cambridge court, and because Harvard's in loco parentis role is under fire on many fronts, some members of the Ad Board favor turning shoplifters over to civil authorities. Others say that most shoplifters are students in need of help who should not be made subject to a possible criminal record...
...action demonstrates that nonviolent civil disobedience can effectively halt injustice, To us, such action is a profound moral and political duty, necessary to exalt life and secure peace." said a statement handed out by the Eight...
Rules for the Fedayeen. The ten-day shoot-out between the Lebanese army and Al-Fatah, which threatened to plunge Lebanon into civil war, was settled by a compromise. Major General Emile Bustani, Lebanon's chief of staff, who represented President Charles Helou at the Cairo talks, gave a pledge to Yusser Arafat, leader of the main guerrilla organization, Al-Fatah, that...
...Jersey and the Associated Press. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1943 but quit two years later to establish his own firm with Paul Porter and Abe Fortas; generous and liberal, he devoted much of his energy to civil liberties and defended many men accused of Communist sympathies during the McCarthy...
Imperious Ways. Most A.C.C.C. members still profess a fundamentalism that might best be characterized as responsible extremism. But many who agree with Mclntire theologically have become increasingly edgy about his political pronouncements, especially his support of civil rights opponents like Georgia Governor Lester Maddox. Nor do Mclntire's internal political methods endear him to colleagues. A.C.C.C. General Secretary John Millheim notes that his motto seems to be "Let us reason together and do it my way." As for the I.C.C.C., Mclntire's political attitudes and imperious ways have proved so embarrassing to missions that an estimated...