Word: feels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...measure of the Czechoslovak dilemma is that many liberals feel that Husak is their only hope of preventing the situation from becoming even worse. Despite his severe measures, Husák, a genuine Slovak nationalist, is not a Soviet puppet. Once jailed himself for political reasons, Husák has given his solemn word that there will be no return to the reign of police terror that characterized the days of deposed Stalinist Boss Antonin Novotny. So far, there have been no reported arrests. The fear is that Husák will be elbowed aside...
Still, most Peruvians seemed at first look to feel that the junta, for better or for worse, had taken a significant step in the effort to solve a problem that besets not only Peru but most of Latin America...
...from the tyranny of the corporate state--and maybe even after all that--there is no answer to a man who enjoys his act of rebellion, who says isn't-it-wonderful-look-at-the-art-and-music-it's-in-spring-o-hear-people-communicate-o-dammit-I-feel-free. What do you concede to a man who has no demands...
...someone who stayed in the building for romantic goals rather then political goals is making an unfair appeal. He is asking amnesty on grounds distantly analogous to civil disobedience when he is in fact advocating a general change in life style. The Faculty may feel guilty about its political role, but it is unfair to plead to that conscience when you want it to feel guilty about its life style in general...
...hurts me--and I am sure I cannot explain the reasons to you if you do not feel the same hurt--to think that anyone would plead to this sensitive and conscience-ridden institution for amnesty if he meant to prick only its social conscience. To tell a professor that you occupied University Hall to free his life style is insulting and saddening. And, if you can't cope with the whole atmosphere of the place ("because they are trying to squeeze the life out of you") ... you could leave...