Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THOSE in power recognize the importance of domestic consensus to achieve these ends, and the educational views of men like Mr. Kerr, which stress the need for molding reason to the pattern of contemporary power, appear conveniently upon the scene to facilitate economic and military service and the soothing of discontent...
While Johnson was gaining the biggest consensus of all time, the ground-work was being laid for a mass movement which would seriously challenge his tenure in office. In August, Congress adopted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, enabling the tremendous involvement of the United States in Vietnam. Late November saw the birth of University Reform at Berkeley. Students served warning about what they could do when they found a cause...
...example, will have an afternoon service commemorating the birth of Protestantism at which the guest speaker will be Lutheran Theologian Bruce Wrightsman. Last week's issue of the Jesuit weekly America had a portrait of Luther on its cover; inside, an article notes that it is now the consensus of Catholic theologians that "Luther was a profoundly spiritual thinker who was driven to revolt by worldly and incompetent Popes." In Europe, Catholic theologians will be among the handful of observers allowed by the East German government to attend Reformation Week ceremonies at Wittenberg...
...proposals of the graduate school deans, which represent the almost unanimous consensus of educators from all parts of the country, should stir government officials to act to eliminate the disruption, uncertainty and hardship caused by present draft laws...
...actually once believed LBJ to be "Best for the USA," we cannot condemn for lack of foresight; poor judgment, perhaps. But now that they have finally awakened to the ugly reality their own party flung on us all, we must forget the past and act in a spirit of consensus. Jay B. Stephens '68 President, Harvard-Radcliffe Young Republicans