Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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OVER THE past two years, liberal Democrats have often toyed with the idea of a fourth party. Less than two weeks after the 1968 Democratic convention, the idea gained such momenturn that Sen. Eugene McCarthy reportedly met with Gov. Nelson A. Rockfeller to discuss its feasibility...
Putnam defended the use of militant tactics on behalf of moral causes. "As a philosopher, I do get depressed about the moral relativism that our colleagues in Social Sciences see fit to embrace," he said. "The idea that on a serious moral issue on which people disagree, neither side can claim the truth seems to me an intolerable position," Putnam added. "What people have, they have because they fought," he said...
...predict how well the Crimson will do, but said he is pleased with this year's team, led by Paul Catinella, Danny Naylor, and sophomore star Tom Tripp. Lee said he has no way of knowing how many other good wrestlers will be entering the tournament, and has no idea how the Crimson matmen will stand up under the large number of matches they must complete to do well. He said he is mainly concerned that his team does a lot of wrestling with good opponents, whether or not they...
...only that the individual citizen has a duty to act on moral grounds, even if his action is illegal, but that the Court must respect this duty and uphold it. The Court, Zinn says, must "stand for the law sometimes, for justice always." This is an exciting, romantic, beautiful idea: that we might order our society on morality and so live together in peace. But Zinn has not carried his theory to its logical end. If he wants the Court to recognize his right to oppose laws (the draft laws), institutions (the Army), and conditions (poverty) in an illegal...
...council rose to real power when John F. Kennedy appointed Walter Heller to be chairman in 1960. Heller was the leading advocate of the Keynesian "New Economics"-the policy of flexibly adjusting taxes, Government spending, and the money supply to influence the economy -and he sold Kennedy on the idea of cutting taxes to stimulate business and employment. His successors, Gardner Ackley and Arthur Okun, have acted as important policymakers within the Johnson Administration. President-elect Nixon says that he will give "a major role" to the council, and he hails McCracken as "a centrist, a man who is pragmatic...