Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Republican Convention in Mi ami Beach, Graham's official duty was to deliver the closing benediction. But Nixon also invited him to sit in with G.O.P. leaders at a top-level conference to discuss a running mate. Asked his preference, Billy at once suggested Oregon's Senator Mark Hatfield, because of his deep religious faith (Hatfield is also a devout Baptist.) At his Pittsburgh Crusade last month, Graham introduced Nixon to the audience and praised him for his "generosity," "tremendous constraint of temper," and even "his integrity in counting the score" in golf...
...most conspicuous failure, however, was that of the students themselves. Tuesday afternoon, after Olimpieri's arrest, 100 of them met for over two hours to discuss the implications of the sanctuary. At the meeting the students failed to agree upon a position of support for the Marine, failed to address themselves to any of the issues which the sanctuary raised, and finally relinquished their responsibility to the Student Council which, that night, adopted a statement urging others "to join with us in similar acts of protest...
...course that intends to discuss "social change in America." By that, we mean to investigate the obstacles to the solution of America's major political, social and economic problems...
Every Friday, for two hours, the section man will meet with Professor Cottle to discuss the class in terms of substance, administration, and teaching. These meetings will help section men bring all the resources of the group to bear upon intellectual or teaching problems as they arise. Such problems will be discussed and evaluated, and the combined experience of the group should go far in aiding the solution of problems, in revising techniques which were used, and heightening the sensitivity of the section men to their causes...
...example, a problem we feel certain to arise is that of the domination of discussion by one point of view. Already, we have begun to discuss how to break this "consensus" by pointing to the unspoken and unconscious assumptions of such a situation. When one point of view dominates, those who do not hold it become disinterested and silent. If the course is to be meaningful, then all points of view must be expressed. Therefore, when such a situation arises, the section man must take positive action to break...