Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The U.S. Secretary of the Interior these days is a kind of super-Noah, charged with rescuing a nearly lost legion of imperiled animal species. Almost 55,000 people-Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts-are also his special wards. He has the duty and considerable power to salvage the vitiated environment: polluted...
A schoolmarm in tweed skirts and sensible shoes? That hardly sounds like Britain's Vanessa Redgrave, protester for all reasons. Still, she is starting a school for children in England. "We've got all kinds of ideas of what the school should be" says Vanessa, "but I think...
Special events have been planned for each evening of the Festival. On April 20, a group of actors affiliated with the Ark, a coffehouse in Boston, will stage a "total environment happening." Patterned after the Living Theatre, the group tries to break down the distinction between actor and audience.
Explaining the proposed festival, Carden said, "What we want to do is create an environment in which people can meet and talk to each other. Sure, professors have office hours--but that's a very marginal commitment to students. It's hard for them to communicate with us as equals...
However, the role of grades in educational institutions cannot be fully understood as long as attention is confined to the universities alone. Grades function to socialize students into the work force. On a job, workers do not obtain satisfaction from an intrinsic interest either in the process of production or...