Word: focused
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Iceberg. That is not quite right: Lyndon Johnson is still very much the chief and makes all the final decisions. But to a remarkable degree, he has come to rely on the Big Three to help focus his thinking not only on Viet Nam but also on a wide range of problems involving both military and diplomatic considerations...
Finally we are told that the audience "laughed light-heartedly" at the sight of violence, stealing, and murder, thereby proving the picture a failure. Laughter can signify nervous comprehension, too; the truth, the pain and anguish, the cruelty of life brought to focus, can be too much for the audience--and apparently the critic, also. Robert Coles, M.D. Research Psychiatrist...
...last Friday, Weiner had begun to reconsider the decision to withdraw. He and the Rev. Richard E. Mumma of the United Ministry met with several civil-rights leaders on campus to discuss the whole muddle. Mumma suggested that the Harvard community might focus its efforts on a single Southern community, perhaps beginning the project under SCOPE auspices, but eventually operating independently. As shown by the letter in yesterday's CRIMSON, Harold McDougall and other members of the Civil Rights Coordinating Committee doubted the efficacy of such a step. CRCC heavily favors the SNCC local initiative approach...
...would like to clarify a point made in your article appearing in today's CRIMSON, entitled, "Cleric Asks Rights Focus on One Area...
...incident does focus upon problems in the Harvard Community which might prove offensive in the future. In the last three years, especially, the number of Negro and African students in the College has risen dramatically; since the College has many groups travelling in the South-athletic teams, music groups, debate councils-the number of Negro students travelling in the South has also increased. We strongly urge the University administration to make its policy known on the questions raised by this unfortunate incident. We hope that the University will make clear to everyone-students. Faculty, and alumni-that it will...