Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...informal series of seminars on the social relevance of geology. An undergraduate supporter of this proposal argued, "Many undergraduates in the department are not sure of the relevance of what they are studying. These people would really benefit by studying the impact of geology on the modern world...
...picked by the President's Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence to head a study of the clashes between cops and civilians during the Democratic Convention in Chicago last August. No one could suspect Walker of pro-hippie bias; so his report had all the more impact last week when it accused the police themselves of rioting. The report, Rights in Conflict (TIME, Dec. 6), found fault on both sides-but came down harder on Chicago's police for losing control not only of the crowds, but also of themselves...
...Social Science Review. Crumped U.S. Economist Carl Kaysen: "Everyone wants to talk and no one wants to listen." The occasion for their disgrunllement was a four-day meeting last week in Princeton of some 90 inter national intellectuals assembled for a look at "The U.S.-Its Problems, Impact and Image in the World." The conferees, naturally enough, were dismayed by the problems themselves, but perhaps even more so by the impossibility of getting a roomful of intellectuals to agree on what to do about them...
...exchange of ideas was the purpose, however, the nature of the conference format was less than ideal. The topic of the four day talks was no less than "the United States: its Problems, Image and Impact in the World." The discussion allotted one day to the internal problems of the U.S., one day to the character of the post-industrial society (Daniel Bell's phrase for a coming age of plenty and leisure), one day to the problems of U.S. foreign policy, and one day to the cultural future of the world. For obvious reasons, much of the scheduled exchange...
This leads to my final point on the impact of Harvard's decision on the other colleges and universities of our nation. "The first flower of our wilderness and the star of our night," Harvard has become, through three centuries of educational experience, the model for almost every other institution of higher learning in this nation and abroad. But it is not age alone that has made Harvard so respected and influential but, more importantly, the fact that, in her approach and in her solution to so many problems, Harvard has invariably done the right and reasonable thing...