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...think that they have the right to encroach upon the schools, the rules and regulations. I get enraged when I see a man like a dean of a university being held literally a captive in his own office. I don't think these kids understand war. All they know is that people are being killed. So what? There are people being killed on the highways, and what do we do about that? Look at the crime rate today, and what do we do about that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man And Woman Of The Year: Somebody Else's Backyard | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

...explained to us that East Cambridge had its own industry but added emphatically that the land was zoned so that all factories and warehouses were outside the residential area and couldn't encroach on the people's living space...

Author: By Marian Gram and Robert Manz, S | Title: 'Tell Us Again Al' | 11/5/1969 | See Source »

...improvisations and illogical editing-tells us how. To avoid systems, we must act as if they don't exist; we must see how funny all that supposed logic is. We should wear lampshades on our heads, urinate in the kitchen, say "Fuck you" to any system that tries to encroach on our humanity. James Thurber would understand this kind of approach to life. And so would acid heads, people with good peripheral vision, and Lenny Bruce...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Downey, Truth and Soul | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

There was some suspicion that Pyongyang might be planning to use Bucher's confession and interview as grounds for a trial of Pueblo's crew. "The criminals who encroach upon others' sovereignty and commit provocative acts must receive deserving punishment," said the party newspaper Nodong Sinmun. "These criminals must be punished by law." Warned State Department Spokesman Robert McCloskey: "The U.S. Government would consider any such moves by North Korea to be a deliberate aggravation of an already serious situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In Pueblo's Wake | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...About 40 per cent are persuaded by friends to try marijuana, use it for a time, but drop it when it starts to encroach on their academic life and work...

Author: By Timothy Crouse, | Title: Farnsworth Says Pot Use Rising | 9/30/1967 | See Source »

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