Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...formation of a nonpartisan Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Viet Nam. "Voices of dissent have received attention far out of proportion to their actual numbers," the committee said in a 900-word policy statement. "Our objective is to make sure that the majority voice of America is heard-loud and clear-so that Peking and Hanoi will not mistake the strident voices of some dissenters for American discouragement and a weakening of will...
...Subversive Activities Control Board could have been invented by Gilbert and Sullivan. Like the Queen's Navee, Savoyard-style, it provides its members with impressive-sounding responsibilities, conveys a generous ($26,000) salary, and requires virtually no work at all. The board has heard not a single case in the past 19 months and is not likely to hear one any time soon. With an economy fever gripping Congress, SACB-together with its nearly $300,000 annual budget-would seem to be an ideal target, but the Senate voted overwhelmingly last week not to dissolve the board...
...editorial, "The Wrong Way to Peace" is to be commended because it shows careful and probing thought and because you are willing to cooperate with a minority's being heard. Now that I have been polite and commended your fairness, I will say what I have...
...alternative is to forget its own rules, and to rely in the last instance on the Cambridge police. The University tends, as it should, to be far more tolerant of shrill dissent than society at large. Those who wish to defy laws and risk arrest to make their protest heard will not be deprived of the opportunity, either off campus or on. The University will still remain a haven for the freer expression of ideas...
Columbia takes on Rutgers, which hasn't been heard of in Ivy circles since it lost to Princeton in the final seconds of opening day. But the Lions have been ground down by the Big Three in succession and aren't up to upsetting the Scarlet Knights at this point. Rutgers 24, Columbia...