Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bonzes thus began a 48-hour fast in their campaign to bring down Premier Tran Van Huong and install a government that would be the Buddhists' puppet. Retiring to bare cells, they squatted in contemplation, taking only orange juice for sustenance. Crowds gathered but the fast failed to fell Huong, and there were reports that low-level talks had begun, aimed at a face-saving compromise...
...week wore on, however, Buddhist frustration appeared to turn toward dangerous desperation. After his own fast, Tarn Chau, the sect's political coordinator, led 500 monks and nuns in another 24-hour hunger strike; before beginning it, a group of the bonzes prudently tucked into a hearty breakfast outside their pagoda. Then a Buddhist communiqué claimed that Tri Quang, leader of northern and central Buddhists, was continuing his original fast into a sixth day. Quang is said to like fasting, on grounds that it "clears the head...
...Buddhists. At week's end, the South Vietnamese army reasserted its political power, dissolved the High National Council, a kind of legislative assembly that has been partly under Buddhist influence. Rumors continued that the Buddhists would again resort to fire; the word was out that during their triple fast Quang, Chau and Khiet had drawn lots from a hat for the honor of self-immolation by fire, and that the 80-year-old Khiet...
...Fast-growing Brandeis, having put up more than 50 major buildings in 16 years, will slow down the rate of new construction. Almost all of its $6,000,000 from Ford will go toward scholarships, fellowships, and endowments for more than 30 faculty chairs (average endowment: $400,000). "Here we are -a teen-ager among the university giants," said President Abram L. Sachar, "and we had better be good to warrant going steady with the best." With the latest gift, he added, "we will secure virtually all our tenured professorships in one fell swoop. This will make academic history...
...class levels and as a mark of student performance. By coincidence, there is now a small but growing trend to drop grades-in both senses. One out of four large-sized school-districts combines first, second and third grades into a single primary unit. Children learn at their own fast or slow pace without competing to hurdle the artificial barrier of promotion, and the only mark they get is the deliberately vague judgment of "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory...