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...least a temporary renunciation of Weatherman violence came from Radical Priest Daniel Berrigan. Last August, three days before he was arrested, Berrigan sent the outlaw band a brotherly and eloquent admonition, warning that "no principle is worth the sacrifice of a single human being." Revolution is only "interesting" insofar as it "avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal." Berrigan urged the Weatherman to "do only that which one cannot not do," and reminded them that "the history of the movement in the last years, it seems to me, shows how constantly and easily we are seduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cooling Of America: The Radicals: Time Out to Retrench | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

...find is important," Lewis said, "insofar as it fills a little gap in the history of man that we are trying desperately to complete. But it is only part of the whole story-the expedition brought back ten tons of fossils. As an individual specimen it could be better. After all, it is only half a jaw and a tooth...

Author: By Margot R. Hornblower, | Title: Harvard Museum Official Finds Ancient Man's Bone | 2/19/1971 | See Source »

...catalogue-which begins and ends with attacks on the Center for International Affairs (CFIA)-Pusey said, "It is a disgraceful story insofar as it is owed to members of a generation professing superior insight, heightened sensitivity, and lively human concern; but there it is for the record...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Pusey's Last Annual Report to Overseers Says Time 'Propitious' for New President | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

Very little in the first act would have induced any reasonable audience to stay past intermission. The male chorus in competent in the opening scene, but only exemplary insofar as it drowns out the orchestra. Sully Bonn as Ruth has exactly the right singing voice for the part, but, alas, her acting is lackluster, and the conductor has made her opening song into an almost endless and boring dirge. Ronald Remy, as Frederic, is also the perfect singer for the role, but he can't act to save his life...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: G and S Sunken Vessel The Pirates of Penzance at Agassiz until next Saturday | 12/5/1970 | See Source »

...kids- is an enormous task, but Goodman and his collaborators have done an excellent job. The sections on the black community and on education are particularly well developed. One can only wish that all that has happened since the book went to press in May could be included, particularly insofar as the women's movement and the Chicano movement are concerned...

Author: By R. CRAIG Unger, | Title: Books Movement Manifesto | 12/1/1970 | See Source »

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