Word: itness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The discussion will revolve around the thesis that "science serves the ruling class and corporate enterprises, not the people," he said. "It is the technological needs that by and large determine the type of science that is funded, and the control of technology lies with corporate interests," he added.
Owen J. Gingerich, professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science, disagreed with the statement, arguing that it was imprudent to expect the Resolution to apply equally in the University. He said that the Resolution had created a framework for acceptable methods of political pressure, which, he added, "is...
Miller is probably best known in this country for his co-authorship of and starring role in "Beyond the Fringe." He attended St. John's College at Cambridge and studied there to become a doctor. "I did some drama at Cambridge," Miller recalled yesterday. "It was mostly satirical like your...
He qualified as a doctor in Cambridge and soon afterwards, in 1960, wrote "Beyond the Fringe." "I was taking a three week vacation between two jobs when we got together to write the play. It was never intended to be a big thing," he said.
The play ran in London and New York until 1964 when Miller left it to direct several BBC productions, in-clouding "Alice in Wonderland," a modern adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic. "I tried to portray the feeling of a Victorian childhood in it," he said "I wanted a Wordsworthian...