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Many of Laragh's colleagues and co-workers at Columbia Presbyterian plan to follow him in the 100-block move to The New York Hospital because they like what one calls "the atmosphere of scientific ferment" that surrounds their leader. One female lab technician has another reason for tagging along with Laragh. "It's those Irish eyes," she says. Laragh's reason for taking his new post: "It's a chance to do more...
...social ferment in which the elderly will become the major group agitating for change. The trend is already becoming evident in a few cities, where "gray panthers" have been organizing to demand better housing, increased Social Security benefits and improved medical care. It can also be noted in news-media treatment of the elderly. Bengtson has counted the number of items concerning senior citizens in three leading newspapers-the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times-in 1960 and 1972 and noted a sixfold increase. Nevertheless, Congress has yet to fund the National Institutes of Health...
There is one important reason why Guinier stands out at Harvard: At an institution where traditionalists abhor mixing scholarly pursuits with politics, Guinier endures as a blatantly political figure. His department was created and his appointment made in response to the ferment of student revolt. Five years later, when administrators strive to "depoliticize" things, Guinier still talks about the University's racism, and does it openly and frequently. He is almost out of place in the silent seventies, but he struggles and manages to survive...
...last week, with the inevitability of a hangover the morning after a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, confusion and economic unrest replaced some of the jubilation. Portugal's troubles in Africa seemed as intractable as ever, and the sudden lifting of repression in Lisbon was spawning such ferment that it could lead to political chaos...
...years later, Bok still has never taken the statement back. Of course, he still hasn't found an ideal way of fulfilling it, either. It might have seemed as though last month's coup by Portuguese officers displeased with their country's colonial policy, followed by widely-publicized continuing ferment in both Portugal and its African colonies, gave Bok an excellent chance to carry out his pledge...