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...disturbed by the lack of dynamism and sense of purpose in Britain's national life. "We had a similar problem in the '20s and '30s," he says. "It's a question of leadership. Even Winston couldn't change the situation at that time. You must somehow be able to exert a proper influence without the stimulus of crisis. Crises only produce panic." Heath believes that if Britain does not produce more men who are willing to lead the kind of country they live in today, it will pay dearly in lost reputation and self-respect. By avowing that...
...recently that the position of women at Harvard bears some resemblance to that of blacks in the nation: "The men have all the intellectual resources, just as the whites have all the money." Now Radcliffe must contract with Harvard for women's education. It is either not possible to exert pressure from Radcliffe on Harvard's attitudes, or no one has really tried. Men such as Peterson can point to Radcliffe and say "not diverse," or "unimportant" very easily. After all, those students are not really Harvard's. Harvard does not have to take the responsibility for women as long...
Some groups, such as the National Petition Committee, based at the University of Rochester, are designed to pressure Congress to exert itself against the war. The committee last week had gathered 140,000 signatures against the war; its goal is 20 million. Continuing Presence in Washington (C.P.W.), organized at Dartmouth, has set up a research and information headquarters in the capital. The group is installing a Teletype link to Dartmouth's central computer to keep track of congressional voting records and campaigns...
...growing antiwar factions on Capitol Hill began searching for legislative leverage to exert on the President. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has reported Charles Mathias' resolution to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin resolution and is bringing it to the Senate floor this week. Oregon's Mark Hatfield and South Dakota's George McGovern are pushing for an amendment that would cut off military authorizations for Cambodia immediately, and for South Viet Nam by the end of 1970. Chances for that measure seem slim. More likely to pass next week is an amendment that would cut off funds for the Cambodian...
...meeting also voted to exert its "influence in education and related areas toward the end of intolerable conditions at home and abroad that have led us to terminate our normal activities as both a matter of conscience and necessity...