Word: hummed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Such men could hardly be expected to hear the hum of machinery that was changing their world, the increasingly impudent demands of the newly prosperous middle classes, even the crash of anarchist bombs. Says Tuchman: "So enchanting was the vision of a stateless society, without government, without law, without ownership of property, in which, corrupt institutions having been swept away, man would be free to be good as God intended him, that six heads of state were assassinated for its sake in the 20 years before 1914. Not one could qualify as a tyrant. Their deaths were the gestures...
...picked the 60 members to represent a cross-section of the different aptitudes, fields of interest, and levels of preparation of the freshman class. The members of the seminar were required to take Hum 6 and strongly urged to take Nat Sci 5. In the Spring term, instead of the seminar work, everyone took Soc Sci 136, Riesman's upper level Gen Ed course. So the seminar was more than a course; it was a way of life, tying its members together through the same course load and weekly dinner meetings...
Harvard fencing buffs can look forward to another outstanding year if the varsity comes home from Saturday's C.C.N.Y. match with its fourth win in a row. If it doesn't, fans should expect a ho-hum season for the Crimson...
Satisfied with Hum...
Although Seltzer emphasized that he satisfied with the progress of Hum 4 this year, he pointed out that one "should not limit a lower level Gen Ed course to the number appropriate to this project. Which I would say should be 30 people." I don't think Hum 4 should be dropped," he said, "I think we need both courses...