Word: contentively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nonintervention was fortified by the nation's inclination to keep out of foreign entanglements. Wrote Secretary of State William H. Seward in 1863, upon declining an invitation to join Britain, France and Austria in aiding the Poles, who had revolted against Russian tyranny: "The American people must be content to recommend the cause of human progress by the wisdom with which they should exercise the powers of self-government, forbearing at all times, and in every way, from foreign alliances, intervention and interference...
Watson said the 'Poon could retain the Harvard name: (1) nationally, if students remained in control of all editorial policy and content or (2) locally, if the national magazine were to publish an insert under student supervision for the University community...
Whitlock emphasized, however, "we are reluctant" to give up the property, and "if nothing happens in the renewal project, we would not be content, but would be ready to carry out our plans without the program...
General opinion in Cambridge is that Seeger himself will very easily get around the restrictions set down by President Pusey. The folk-singer has became famous for the controversial political content of his songs...
Although Buchanan admitted that "a lot of it will be dirty work" and routine tasks, he stated that the job would entall "a good deal more than just clerical work" and that it would have some "intellectual content...