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...Doorstep. Increasingly, the Israelis are bringing their struggle with the Arab world to the very doorstep of its principal capital. Twelve times since Jan. 7, Israeli jets have struck at military installations in the delta region around Cairo (see map). Last week's raid, which according to Egyptian spokesmen claimed the lives of three civilians and wounded twelve others, was the closest...
...seriousness of the actions of the 75 to 100 SDS supporters who encircled May in his office, shouted abuse at him for an hour, and then chased him to the doorstep of a Master's residence should not be minimized. If a university is to preserve any atmosphere of free inquiry, its members must not be faced with the threat of the type of harassment directed against May. Even with physical security, faculty members sometimes only produce mildly differing versions of orthodoxy; without it, they will inevitably only reproduce the views of those who possess the largest street gang...
Thus, when Pusey came to Harvard in 1953, Harvard owned a large tract of vacant land right on the University's back doorstep, in the middle of a sedate residential neighborhood deemed to be among the finest in Cambridge. Even then, such land was hard to find, and the University began thinking about what to do with the parcel...
...cadre of voluntary observers has grown from a handful of people to more than 2,000 scientists in 120 countries. The Russians (though not the Chinese) find participation useful; last month the center flashed word of an event taking place right on the Soviet Union's Siberian doorstep: the eruption of long-dormant Kiska volcano in the Aleutians...
...extraordinary and unexpected evolution within the black revolution. In the worst hours of the most reckless rioting, many white Americans feared that the fire next time would strike where the white man lives and works. This ugly vision of race war on the white man's doorstep led bridge-playing suburban housewives to sign up for marksmanship practice. It was a vision amply fueled by the unbridled rhetoric of black militants, but it has not come to pass...