Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most of his U.S. comrades in Viet Nam, he had been a hot jet pilot in Korea, had flown more than 100 missions and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. But his assignment in Viet Nam to the low-level chore of winkling out Viet Cong did not dim his enthusiasm. On the contrary, Mac made himself the most celebrated "Fac" in South Viet...
TITLE III has brought most enthusiasm from educators, since it involves no strings at all, aims at uplifting educational services to all students in public or private schools, in any way a local district sees fit. The first-year authorization of $100 million is certain to set off a keen competition for approval of local projects. Under this section of the bill, local districts will deal directly with Washington: Commissioner Keppel's office will select the projects it considers most worthy. Of the available funds, $200,000 must be set aside for each state, and the rest, roughly...
Only Berkeley sent more volunteers than Harvard on last summer's COFO project in Mississippi. At present, however, it appears that very few Harvard students will be working in the South this summer. This is not because enthusiasm for civil rights has fallen off appreciably here but because of the decision, and indecisiveness, of the civil rights groups themselves both nationally and on campus...
...music flourished and had a splendid spirit. People were loyal to their organizations and they worked with them well. Individual performance was often of a very high order. On the contrary, where practical music was accredited as a part of the curriculum, there was apt to be far less enthusiasm, and far less accomplishment and loyalty," Thompson said...
...spectacular defeat of H. Stuart Hughes in his Senate race against Edward M. Kennedy '54. The President's successful handling of the Cuban crisis further isolated the peace organizations throughout the country. In addition the growing civil rights movement was becoming a severe drain on the funds and enthusiasm of the peace groups, and by the fall of 1963 Tocsin was virtually dead. Last fall, after a year's gap, the Vietnamese crisis seemed to provide a rallying cry once again, and the peace forces regrouped under the banner of the Students for a Democratic Society, the organization responsible...