Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FACULTY IS SCHEDULED to discuss today the controversial recommendations of the Afro-American Studies Review Committee. While many of the Committee's proposals are sound and should aid in the needed reform of the Department, the premise under which the Committee worked was flaws. Continued belief in that premise can only hinder the Department's improvement...
Townsend was a different breed of leader. On the very rare occasions he was seen by the crew, he was usually accompanied by his Marine guard. He seldom went on the intercom to discuss events on the ship, and he was inconsistent in his policies governing matters such as hair length. When Townsend announced extensions of tour, one crew member claimed, he would say it was "a blessing in disguise." In such an atmosphere, already tense because of the long work hours and few shore leaves, little irritations festered into permanent sores, and idle talk ballooned into wild rumor...
...Europe's war began. Despite his debts to Germany and Italy for their help in his victory, Franco avoided the bigger battle, and even turned aside a German request for permission to attack Gibraltar through Spain. Franco and Hitler met for nine hours one day in 1940 to discuss the question. By the end of their conversation, Hitler was unnerved by Franco's high-pitched monotone. "The man is not cut out to be a politician," the Führer complained later. "I would rather have three or four teeth pulled out than go through that again...
Approximately 15 of the 25 concentrators in the Afro-American Studies Department who were invited to the meeting to discuss their views of the Review Committee's report were present. However, Kevin J. Mercadel '74, an Afro-American concentrator, said last night that they felt their comments "were falling on dead ears...
WINTHROP HOUSE. Fri. Sat. 8 and 10 p.m., EMERSON 210. $1. West European Studies and Dudley Films are co-sponsoring a preview screening of Avanti, a new Billy Wilder film. Jack Lemmon will discuss the film after the screening at the HILLES LIBRARY CINEMA. Fri., 12.30 discussion app. 2:30, 100 free tickets will be distributed, first-come, first-serve beginning noon Friday...