Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more outspoken opponents of the centers was Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.), a frequent contributor to last year's eleven-hour debate on the bill in the House of Representatives. "When we pass a bill to provide legal aid for the poor," she asked her fellow representatives, "does it mean that we should also finance, using millions of dollars, research centers aimed solely at changing social policy? The Harvard research center actually had attorneys, who were paid with OEO funds, doing the research which led to their joining as co-sponsors with the NAACP in the Detroit segregation case... Meanwhile...
...roles in profound crises that threatened the very survival of the society. But the phenomenon is wholly unpredictable; there have been numerous upheavals in human history?the medieval plagues in Europe, for example?in which the event did not summon a savior. Ireland's eternal troubles illustrate history's frequent refusal to beckon a great leader with...
...does much less to assure that the student will be exposed to a broad spectrum of thought from his intellectual heritage. Since the early 1950s courses have become more numerous, more narrowly specialized, less broadly interdisciplinary. Means of expanding one's horizons beyond required readings, such as the formerly frequent conversations with faculty in House dining halls, have obviously declined in influence. Thus it has become more and more possible for a student to graduate from Harvard not only without having heard John Finley, but even without having any meaningful concept of just what the name Plato--not to mention...
Further moral doubt about the way in which the press exercises its power is summed up in another frequent question: Why don't you treat a man as innocent until he is proved guilty? In short, the press is widely accused of having already condemned Richard Nixon in print. The fact is that the innocent-until-proved-guilty rule is a courtroom rule that does and should apply in judicial proceedings, where both sides have certain rights, including subpoenaing evidence, cross-examining witnesses, etc. It cannot apply in situations that are essentially political debates, and it certainly should...
...doing," says Director Racine. Part of the second year is spent in private industry or working for a nationalized company. There is no formal curriculum, but the students are required to write papers on such issues as monetary reform or the 1973 Brandt-Brezhnev accord. They also attend frequent seminars, conducted by top civil servants, diplomats and businessmen...