Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thank you for "The Negro in Viet Nam." It made me, as a Negro, immensely proud of America's black patriots in Viet Nam and of those who have fought and died in other wars. I hope this article will help non-Negro Americans to realize that the Glide Browns, the Lawrence Joels, and other American Negroes are first-class citizens...
...have been terrorizing the town. The need was obvious. There was an average of 190 armed robberies a month last year. During the first four months of 1967, the figure leaped to 290. The police department, starved for funds by a penurious local government, has been of little help. Other cities of 1,000,000 or more have an average police-citizenry ratio of about 1 to 320; Houston's is 1 to 700. And its 1,350 underpaid men must patrol 446 square miles, third largest municipal territory in the country...
...with a diversity of religious groupings are launching experimental programs. New York City's begins next September, Chicago's started last winter, and 400-odd others are under way. This year, for the first time, the Federal Government is awarding two grants specifically in the field, to help plan model courses in Bedford, Mass., and New Orleans. Even the Roman Catholic Church, which hitherto has given the subject a wide berth, is taking the plunge. The New York Archdiocese has prepared a "Program of Family Life Education" for its 400 parishes. Catholic-run Fordham University will offer next...
...they are really serious in their opposition to the Administration's present policy, they will support this program. Even if they already have summer plans, they can provide funds and part-time help. Students returning home can organize projects in their own communities, and faculty can spend time in nearby Massachusetts towns speaking to local discussion groups and forums. This project needs funds and workers, and we urge members of this University and others across the country to provide both...
...dung si," which mean students who concentrated on Chinese Classics and students who concentrated on "bravery" (fencing, etc. . . .). These scholars worked together to protect the people from arbitrary court magistrates and from arbitrary court magistrates and from the court. They were elected by the local people to help them to safeguard the tradition of "luat vua thua lang" (the laws of the king are inferior to the customs of the villages...