Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Elliptic Hope. On specific issues, the N.L.F. paper renewed the Communists' insistence that the U.S. withdraw all its forces and dismantle all bases in South Viet Nam "without posing any condition whatsoever." That point alone remains unacceptable to Washington. But the demand was so elliptically couched as to suggest possible compromise. The Communists no longer said unequivocally that a unilateral U.S. evacuation was essential before discussions on political issues could begin. For the first time, too, they referred obliquely to removing North Vietnamese forces from the South. Though the Communists insisted that this was a question to be settled...
...important to point out that the situations at Harvard and Cornell are quite different. The Harvard faculty has not reversed itself. The black students have not used guns, violence, or threats. Their proposal was not a summary demand, but at least the third version of a plan on which the black student community had thoughtfully worked with interested senior members of the faculty. Faculty members of the Committee previously established to deal wit Afro-American Studies spoke for the motion. It was pointed out that the crisis of confidence had arisen in good part because, by a tragic mistake...
Today, as the demand for highly-educated employees increases, ambitious women seem to have an ideal situation: they are congratulated if they become wives and mothers and no more. If they have careers they get gold stars. It seems as if they can hardly lose...
...most popular courses at the Law School these days, like those in the College, are those involved in contemporary issues. If anything, there in even more demand for relevance among law student than among undergraduates. Many undergraduates have come to the conclusion that Harvard does not and will not offer courses closely connected to their interests. They think they should enjoy four years in Cambridge, and let the College try to limp along by itself...
...fabulous side effects you notice while you're on this tireless study sprint. First off, you become an incredible anal compulsive. If you ever wondered what this is like, you can find out. There's nothing particularly "bad" or annoying about being an anal compulsive; you, as one, just demand tidiness. You can be typing in your room and suddenly become aware that you are tremendously irritated by something about the room. You're ill-at-ease until you spot the bedspread. After you make the bed and smooth it flat, writing is much more relaxed. You also, it seems...