Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...general discussion of California and its impact was written by Birnbaum, who filed voluminously along with other correspondents and then returned to New York with pen in hand once again. The I-am-a-Camera section is the result of a personal odyssey by Los Angeles Correspondent Tim Tyler-a Californian of 22 months. It was a voyage of discovery for Tim. "For the surfing scene, I just had to try it myself," he says. "And I grew to hate those half-pint kids who kept zipping by me while I missed every wave. In Yosemite National Park, my rented...
From the beginning, the Kennedy-Kopechne case has been viewed by most Americans in terms of personal tragedy and political impact. But its legal implications, as Edward Kennedy and his advisers are painfully aware, are still to be resolved. The fact that Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident does not completely preclude prosecution on a more serious charge. An official inquest could determine whether grounds exist for further proceedings, and last week, after nearly two months of delay, the procedure for an inquest was settled...
...violence contributes to the election of conservative politicians or the failure to pass legislation aimed at social reform, this must be viewed as a short-term cost. The outcome of any particular political action must be measured not in terms of changes in government policies but by its impact on the participants. The choice of tactics-an election campaign, throwing deans out of their offices, hit-and-run raids depends little upon the issue itself, or on the short-term effects of the action. Tactics are chosen with an eye to radicalizing those who participate...
...strong proclivity toward ever greater levels of violence. To wrench emotions, an action must be dramatic; to be dramatic, it must be unique; to be unique in America in 1969 it is increasingly necessary to be violent. A student picket line in 1960 was an event with some emotional impact; a picket line in 1969 is hardly likely to prompt even intellectual curiosity. Occupying a building is almost passe. Peaceful protests may still be effective in changing government practices but they do not have a strong psychological impact. Violence has become more attractive for SDS because it is increasingly...
...launched with considerable hooplah, have barely been heard of since. The voter registration drive was not very effective, and the black vote, heavily for Lindsay, will probably not be very heavy as a whole. Perhaps no conventional political campaign-with slogans and posters and literature-can really have great impact where the candidate's public identity is so well-set to begin with. Only the candidate himself can have impact, coupled with the unfolding of various sentiments, avowed and latent in the electorate...