Word: east
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Anent the nameless "Jewish leader" who angrily warned Secretary of State William Rogers, "Don't think you can get our support, Mr. Secretary, for any kind of imposed settlement now being cooked up [for the Middle East]" [May 9]: Just who designated this person as spokesman for the American Jewish community, whose support he dares threaten to withhold from the legally constituted representative of the American people charged with the conduct of our foreign relations...
...what about Russian troops still stationed in Hungary? Perhaps you could say Soviet divisions in East Germany, Poland or Czechoslovakia are part of the Warsaw Pact defense system-but Hungary is far removed from the East-West invasion routes, yet Soviet troops remain there unchallenged and unquestioned...
Berkeley, Calif., was the cradle of the U.S. student rebellion. Recently, though, it had been Dullsville for activists. Demonstrations had petered out as the principal action shifted to the East. This was enough to irritate radicals on and off the University of California campus. Many of them were spoiling for a fight with university authorities but lacked an issue. So, joining some enthusiasts in a popular local-improvement project, they created a cause-with the cooperation of heavy-handed university officials and gun-happy police...
...With the exception of two players, I could pretty much defeat anyone in the East without too much trouble," he says, "so I decided to be a little more relaxed and easygoing on the courts, figuring that the psyche value could carry me through a few matches...
...passing sentence on Offner in East Cambridge District Court on Friday, Viola clearly indicated that it was the political context of Offner's act, rather than the act itself, which produced the extraordinarily harsh penalty. After the Commonwealth had recommended a sentence of six months for the assault and battery conviction, Viola gratuitously doubled the sentence for no apparent reason other than his own outrage at the act and, apparently, at the seizure of University Hall itself. Had Offner shoved a fellow student in the way that he is alleged to have shoved Watson, Viola would never have entertained...