Word: driftings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Horovitz in an interview earlier this year with the CRIMSON described the story as a slow, logical drift to anarchy. Slow? It happens in a few days. Logical? The central character is never more than the most anonymous of symbols. Through a series of idylls in amusement parks and rock numbers by Crosby, Stills and Nash and Buffy St. Marie, the romance of politics and young love continues on its rocky road. What passes for dealing with issues is a confrontation in Telegraph Tower about the Crew Team, America, and the Movement...
...sense of personal dignity must precede a feeling of freedom; and a sense of dignity only results from self-determination. If people do not have a role in the decision-making process of institutions directly affecting their lives, such as new community organizations, the goals of CAP drift into the realm of the illusory. The clement of power rests at the heart of any discussion about CAP. Even if funds from the OEO or other governmental agencies stand behind the proposols of nationwide CAP's, the poor of each community must have the power, or some power, to decide...
...Navy, will design a major combat ship. The destroyers will be of a new, larger class to be used mainly for antisubmarine duty. In pursuit of the award, Litton spread word that, if it won, it planned to hire 2,000 additional black workers, who might otherwise drift to the ghettos of the North. Litton will also subcontract about 60% of the job to other firms. Some work may well go to Maine's Bath Iron Works Corp., which was Litton's major competitor for the award...
...forward sections and slim in the stern, she has been dubbed "the tadpole." Valiant's keel is smaller than the old Intrepid's, her trim tab larger. A Stephens innovation for 12-meters, the trim tab on the aft end of the keel helps to reduce drift to leeward and can be used as an auxiliary rudder in tight turns. Valiant's reverse transom rolls down more smoothly toward the waterline, reducing excess weight in hull and deck. As with Intrepid, Valiant's ten-man crew work their winches below deck, thereby lowering wind resistance...
Universities today are the focus of national attention. Campus disorders, attacks by Spiro Agnew, the peace movement, and the campaigns of men like Ronald Reagan are indications of just how much university activity is key to the political drift of America...