Word: expression
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...biggest losers in the CHUL straw vote are the freshmen, both the present ones and those of years to come. For the next one to three years, freshmen will be denied the right to express their House preferences. And all freshmen will henceforth live in dormitories, segregated from upperclasspeople--this in spite of CHUL's overwhelming vote of lip service to four-class House: they are the best arrangement "if financial considerations permit." But there is a plan which, at no expense, preserves and extends four-class Houses. Proposed independently by the Quad Committee and RUS, it affiliates all freshmen...
...modest rebellion by harsh new controls in early December, which among other things abolished the right of newspapers to report parliamentary debate without restriction, a privilege they had enjoyed for 19 years. The result was a rash of mildly sarcastic cartoons. After the Chandigarh announcement last week, the Indian Express (whose once virulent criticism of the government has now been effectively brought to heel) came out with one showing two elders holding up a New Year's banner. The message: RING OUT THE OLD, RING...
Sargent Shriver, speaking from atop his campaign bus, "The John Fitzgerald Camelot Honey Fitz John-John Memorial Express," tells a Harvard audience, "Some people say, 'America, Love It or Leave It.' Well, in this bicentennial year I say, 'America, Save It or Shove...
WHILE THE TASK FORCE on College Life had good intentions in proposing a plan to randomly assign students to Houses before their freshman year, its suggestion has sadly missed the mark. The advantage of the present system is that it allows students to express their housing preferences and determines House assignments by an impartial lottery system. Not everyone ends up living where he or she would prefer, but most get one of their top choices. Any disappointment is spread in the fairest possible...
...American resident of three so-called Third World nations during the past eight years, I am convinced that Ambassador Moynihan's representation of U.S. national interests is eloquent and effective. He is merely stating publicly what many of our career diplomats believe privately but are reluctant to express for fear of controversy that might result and its alleged effect on "good relations...