Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prediction has already been confirmed in embarrassing ways. Early this month, after mustering power-company executives to discuss the problem, New York State's Public Service Commission in Albany found itself literally powerless: a nearby transformer had failed. Shortly afterward, 2,500 leaders of the electric-utility industry were figuratively shocked at a conference in Boston when seven major turbines went out of service, causing all New England to lose 5% of its power supply...
...read that Pusey is a figure of nationwide stature. During the national student strike Nixon picked him to lead a delegation of eight college presidents to discuss campus turmoil and its relation to the Nixon administration. Pusey is currently serving a two-year term as President of the prestigious Association of American Universities, and elite group of 42 universities in which he is now one of the senior...
...Graham told the crowd, "We will not be pushed out of our homes. We asked to meet with the Corporation yesterday and they refused even to discuss it." Nickerson, Bennett, and the residents' group then filed off the stage and went to Massachusetts Hall...
...Harvard community, a community that takes pride in its ability to rationally discuss conflicting points of view, the 1968-69 academic year was traumatic. The radical student activism which culminated in the April strike produced shock waves that penetrated every level of the University. Harvard's black students, through the Association of African and Afro-American Students (AAAAS), joined with the larger student body in demanding restructuring and a general educational reform of the University. But the vital energy of AAAAS was focused on a more specific goal: a Department of Afro-American Studies...
...Peace Action will sponsor a free showing of "In the Year of the Pig," a documentary on Vietnam, 8 p.m. tonight at Divinity Ave. Emile de Antonio, the director of the film, will be present to discuss it with spectators. Contributions for the Peace Action Group will be accepted...