Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...implications of the Sub-committee's action are indeed unsettling. First of all, Harvard is saying that learning takes place only within the classroom. The Dean of Students' self-acknowledged "crackdown" on the independent study program and the FAS's continued refusal to offer course credit for field work discourages student initiative, stifles imagination and blatantly manifests Harvard's intellectual elitism. Perhaps the Administration's policies are justified IF we do, in fact, have the greatest collection of scholars the world has ever known and IF they can and do transmit their knowledge on to us. But some...
...issue in the crackdown are cab drivers who take advantage of peak airport periods to carry multiple fares at flat rates to the downtown area. Massachusetts Port Authority regulations prohibit both multiple fare trips and the setting of flat rates without metering...
Beginning Backfire. Brazil's city terrorists have long been trying to provoke the generals into the sort of crackdown that could lead to chaos and revolution. In response, the regime has set aside the constitution, fired the legislature, ruled by decree, tortured suspected terrorists and canceled the political rights of more than 1,000 opponents. But lately the terrorism, which has cost nearly 50 lives so far, has begun to backfire. A growing number of Brazilians are outraged not only by the guerrillas, but also by foreign criticism of the generals' methods...
...good toys," said an executive of Ohio Art Co., maker of the cap gun cited by FDA. "We're not manufacturing anything with the intention of hurting a child. We are concerned with safety." Actually, the industry has little to fear in the way of a general crackdown; the Government has moved with a caution bordering on lethargy. Since the safety statute was passed eleven months ago, FDA and its parent, the Department of Health. Education and Welfare, have been working out generous compromises over hazardous products rather than banning them outright. All together, FDA has talked manufacturers into...
There has been "virtually a blackout of news" about the anti-American unrest in both the South Vietnamese and American press, Frederick said. "Political repression is increasing. It is inevitable that a crackdown is going to begin...