Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...called for a University-wide meeting tonight in William James to discuss the problem of racism. The meeting is also to be an organizational meeting for a national convention against racism that will be held this spring in Boston...
Student reaction to the Franklin firing has been expressed in "multi-purpose" demonstrations, beginning with a rally of 300 last Thursday to discuss possible disruptive measures...
...week between Christmas and New Year's is a perennial gathering time for the academic clans, who convene in hotel ballrooms around the land to discuss the use of dependent clauses in Hamlet or the number of DNA molecules that can fit on the head of a pin. These occasions usually range from the merely boring to the achingly tedious. Sometimes there are exceptions, provoked by hostility or humor (see SCIENCE). Last week, at the American Historical Association meetings in New York City, Professor James Parsons of the University of California's Riverside campus proposed that his colleagues...
...tone of the proceedings was established early in the week during an appearance by former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who came to discuss ways of ensuring peace. His talk was repeatedly disrupted by catcalls; one young scientist even hurled a tomato at the Minnesota Senator (the missile missed). Muttered the tomato thrower as he was led off by police: "I could have hit him between the eyes if I wanted to." In a counterprotest, former Presidential Aide Daniel Moynihan, now a professor at Harvard and a newly elected A.A.A.S. vice president, angrily canceled his own planned speech (title: "Waste Disposal...
Schorsch said yesterday that he had begun to feel "a bit dizzy." He said that as long as he is able to stand he would continue to distribute leaflets and discuss his problem with students at the Business School