Word: firestorm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...April 22 meeting in the Loeb Theatre, the Faculty approved the proposed plan by a vote of 251-158. The decision raised a firestorm: Rosovsky resigned his post as chairman of the Standing Committee on Afro-American Studies in protest of the decision, which he called "an academic Munich." Rosovsky, along with many others in the Faculty, objected to the presence of students on the department's executive committee; students, the line of reasoning ran, are not sufficiently well-trained to judge the academic qualifications of professors being considered for tenure...
...Afro demands. Following Afro's "office hours," the Faculty began to reconsider its position. At its April 22 meeting in the Loeb Drama Center, it voted, 251 to 158, to dispense with precedent and adopt an only slightly modified version of Afro's demands. The decision provoked a firestorm of criticism; although the Faculty sponsors of the Afro motion called it a "friendly amendment" to the Rosovsky proposals, Rosovsky angrily disagreed. He resigned his seat on the Standing Committee while comparing the Faculty vote to the British capitulation to the Nazis in Munich. Other national observes also called the vote...
...crucial Monday night, he recalls, "We had passed through the first blast of the firestorm, but it was still raging. I knew that it would be following me for the rest of my life...
...Vellucci's supporters rallied quickly. While Vellucci has stated he does not know why Antonelli was supended, some of his supporters hint the department's action was little more than a slap on the wrist, a face-saving move designed to end the political firestorm as quickly as possible. They contend that the supervisor did not deserve a suspension but the reprimand was an easy way to avert a long investigation. Two weeks ago The Real Paper--like Vellucci, a staunch advocate of rent control--lashed out at the Globe report as "sleazy journalism." The "Spotlight Team," it noted, trailed...
...Jimmy Carter will unveil his controversial energy conservation program?the most comprehensive ever proposed by a President. The energy package reaches from automobiles to attics and from vacuum cleaners to wellheads in an effort to end America's profligate use of energy. It is almost certain to ignite a firestorm of protest?and to provide Carter with his most difficult test as a politician and as Chief Executive. Predicts chief Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan: "This will be a measure of Carter's ability to lead the country. It is a greater test of his leadership than any other single issue...