Word: demand
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Fulbright's demand for a voice in any new decision was swiftly echoed. "I think we must insist upon that," said New Jersey Republican Clifford Case. It also quickly spread into a wide-ranging attack on the war. Said Case: "It is now a question as to whether or not the war is winnable without the destruction of South Viet Nam and much of American might itself...
...began another two-year cycle of his program with new students and a different kind of faculty: five philosophy professors from other campuses, including Harvey Mudd College and the University of British Columbia. Two are former Tussman students, who are likely to share his own notions about education. The demand for student power, as Tussman sees it, carries "peer-group consciousness" into the absurdity of a "children's crusade." A college, claims Tussman "must remain in its mood, its state of mind and its morality essentially adult-it has a civilizing mission...
Last week a second gold fever gripped Europe and again it was fed by doubts about the strength of the dollar and the international monetary system. On the London market, gold purchases reached some $300 million, many times the nor mal demand. Because the fortunes of sterling and the dollar are closely linked, that was enough to drive the value of the pound down to a record low of $2.392, despite efforts by the Bank of England to prop it up. (In Montreal, quotations in 9210 Canadian dollars registered a comparable price.) Gold sales also soared in Paris, Zurich...
...heresy prompted rumors in Paris that the U.S. would embargo further sales of its gold. Two weeks ago, in a Senate speech, New York Republican Jacob Javits added to the doubts by urging that the U.S. pull out of the London gold pool, stop selling gold to foreigners on demand, support the dollar by buying and selling foreign currencies as other countries do. (The Treasury promptly denied any such intention.) Then there were reports that South Africa, the leading gold producer, might switch from Britain to France to mar ket its metal. South African Finance Minister Nicolaas Diederichs scarcely quelled...
...nineteenth century, and its three ROTC units are today among the oldest in the nation. These units were conceived in the atmosphere of internationalism which for many years was Harvard's political character in an isolationist America. The original Army unit was formed largely in response to widespread student demand, when, in late 1915, 1200 men of Harvard enlisted in a new drill unit within a few days of its creation. When ROTC programs were created by the Navy 1926) and the Air Force (1947), the University applied at once for the new units, and today Harvard...