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Word: dissents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...almost Wallaceite ring. In Jacksonville last week he told a rally: "When little old ladies have to wear tennis shoes so they can outleg the criminals on city streets, there's something wrong. When arson and larceny and the murder of law-enforcement officials become stylish forms of dissent in the country, then there's something very wrong with what's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NIXON'S 2 | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

...nation built on the right to dissent, the I cherishes the qualities of initiative, self-sufficiency and independence that embellish every page of its history. The prevailing political climate has always encouraged the Doer's growth. But even in today's permissive culture, the Doer must discover himself. It is no coincidence that many Doers find their identity in law schools, for an understanding of the law, which binds the citizen and his institutions, is a highly useful civic weapon in calling society to account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE POWERLESS | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

...circuit his links with the power center in Washington. It is difficult to decide whether these people are prevented from taking dissident stands by the lures of government funds and being "where it's at," or whether they don't have the minimum moral outrage to even want to dissent. In any event the result is the same: they are silent when silence has a rather damning, not neutral, quality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A 'Moral Purity' Trap? | 10/17/1968 | See Source »

...right of dissent and the question of police powers over demonstrators are at issue in a number of cases. Negro Comedian Dick Gregory, for example, seeks to reverse a 1965 disorderly conduct conviction in Chicago'. Arrested during a demonstration near Mayor Daley's home, Gregory is challenging the police claim that they had a right to disperse peaceful protesters simply because angry hecklers near by might have become violent. Among the draft-dissent cases, the most important is an appeal from James Oestereich, who was reclassified from 4D (divinity student) to 1A by his draft board last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Mood of Uncertainty | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

Without a murmur of dissent, RUS made a resolution yesterday to match Harvard's parietal extension to 72 hours per week. Unanimous approval is expected at next Thursday's meeting...

Author: By Adele M. Rosen, | Title: RUS Lengthens Parietals To Match Harvard Hours | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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