Word: interests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quoted in a recent leaflet as saying that I wanted to "grab us a piece of student power." I never made any such statement. I have not been involved in student government since February and will be graduating in a few weeks. The suggestion that I have a personal interest in "grabbing" any "student power" is patently absurd. Furthermore, I hope that the next time someone manufactures a quote and falsely attributes it to me he will at least have the courtesy to use proper syntax...
Miss Kearns said that Johnson probably will not include Harvard among the three or four colleges he will visit. "He will probably choose schools where interest in his visit has been generated by the student body," she said. Asked whether she expects protests during Johnson's visits she said, "It would be optimistic to predict no demonstrations, but if most of the students are interested in learning from him, the visit will still be a success...
...most controversial points-the question of when a man is considered dead. Because doctors are only now starting to agree on a scientific definition of death, none is included in the act. Instead, the decision is left to the dying man's physician. To avoid a conflict of interest-and overly hasty removal of organs-the attending physician who declares a man dead may not be on the team that performs a transplant...
Although Erasmus remained a priest all his life, his interest in the Augustinians did not last long. Discipline interfered with his dedication to scholarship, and he eventually was dispensed from monastic rules. His central concern, apart from classical learning, was the true meaning of the Christian life. A follower of Christ, Erasmus thought, ought to be a spiritual soldier-a theme he explored in one of his first popular books, a volume that he dedicated hopefully to a sybaritic armaments manufacturer. His Enchiridion Militis Christian! (The Handbook, or "Dagger," of the Christian Soldier) failed to convert...
...Since the pattern of student demonstrations began to emerge in 1964, professors and deans have anxiously consulted among themselves on what is wrong.... They have tried to meet student demands, for example, by enrolling black students by the coachload, even when they lacked qualifications and interest -- except to establish black power...