Word: existing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Catonsville Nine did, however, use some highly unusual arguments. They contended that "some property has no right to exist," namely the draft files, because they were instruments of an illegal war. They argued that they had broken one law in order to halt what they believed was a greater act of outlawry. But Chief Judge Roszel C. Thomsen underlined the distinction between the pacifists' motives and their admitted intent to commit the crime of destroying government property and interfering with the administration of the Selective Service system. It was of no legal significance, Thomsen told the jury "that...
...basic rights of all mankind. Pleased as he is with the prize and the progress that has been made in human rights, Cassin is still very much the judicial pragmatist. "Peace is still distant," he notes, "and much remains to be done. Men of good will do not exist everywhere...
...many Doers really exist? Politics is obviously full of activists. Beyond politics, a census of activists can only be suggested. Everyone knows someone who volunteers for messy civic chores, stubbornly advocates heretical ideas, won't conform to Kafkaesque organizations or autocratic bosses. Doers turn up as doctors who attack outdated treatments, teachers who think schools teach children to fail, corporate vice presidents who accuse their companies of being sclerotic, priests who say popes are fallible, colonels who accuse generals of fighting the last war. If a strictly random sampling of present American activists is drawn from many walks...
...could be greatly reduced by cutting down on the number of meals in the dining rooms. With enough small kitchen units in the dorms, girls could easily prepare their own breakfasts (many kitchenettes are planned for Currier House, expected to eliminate any meal service). As for lunches, many alternatives exist. Most girls are quite happy to cat in the yard, as Lehman's popularity testifies. Perhaps Harvard houses could be opened to Cliffies, with only a limited coffee-shop type of operation at Radcliffe. Or, the University of Pennsylvania manages with a two-meal, no-lunch contract (they serve lunch...
...empirically defined, and are more the result of the judicious impressions of his workers in the field. Indeed, the book falters most noticeably when Wilson attempts to use selected tables of arrest statistics to bolster his argument on the styles. The statistics do tend to confirm that the styles exist, but they also lead him into tiresome digressions to explain anomalies in certain of the tables...