Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senator Dirksen says that "our outer defense perimeter started in Korea and went to South Viet Nam" [Oct. 13]. It would clear the air considerably if we heard a little less about freedom, justice, democracy, treaties, commitments and obligations in our public discussions, and a little more about defense perimeters. Then, for example, we who oppose the war in Viet Nam would not need to bother with moral points which don't interest anybody, or produce pictures of napalmed children; we could simply point out that our defense perimeter has no business being in Viet...
...staff of 18. Among the marchers went Washington Correspondents Kenneth Danforth and Jerry Hannifin, as well as a group of specially recruited reporters and photographers. Some wore Levi's and suede boots, to meld more easily with the crowd, and many equipped themselves with goggles when they heard that police might employ Mace spray to check unruly demonstrators. Pentagon Correspondent John Mulliken took up his position there, later to be joined by correspondents who had been at the head of the march. Reporters Richard Saltonstall and Donn Downing stood by, respectively, in the White House and at the Department...
...first time within memory, the committee heard in person the opinions of undergraduates on academic policy--in this case, two members of the Harvard Policy Committee who argued in support of the pass-fail proposal...
...also heard Faculty members offer information on the language requirement and interviewed Col. Robert H. Pell, professor of Military Science, on the senior-year Army ROTC course, Military Science...
...soldiers were unresponsive to the "teach-out" tactics that the demonstrators adopted. Occasionally one would break down and crack a smile, or mutter under his breath that he wasn't allowed to talk. Thus, save for the threats from the Marshals, the only time I heard a soldier speak was when the paratrooper in front of me turned to his sergeant and said in a disgusted voice, "Somebody's smoking grass...