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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...worth a compromise with extremism." Again: "You cannot afford to have people in control of your government who believe that a little higher rate of unemployment is good for you." He admonished New York Democrats to "improvise," and for invidious inspiration he observed: "If the British after Dun kirk hadn't improvised, Hitler would have had England. If the Democrats after Chicago don't improvise, Nixon will have Washington." Improvising a bit himself in finding new darts to aim at the Republican nominee, Humphrey told an audience in Fort Worth that U.S. Marines had to be sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: FOULS IN THE FINAL ROUNDS | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

...Lovely Way to Die--A thriller, they say, with Kirk Douglas and Anna Karina. At the ORPHEUM, Washington St. across from Filene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

Since the rule came close to the area of free expression staunchly guarded by Columbia's liberal tradition, it was of intense concern to the entire University community. Nevertheless, the prohibition was promulgated by President Kirk without consultation with students, and apparently without prior discussion with faculty members. In fact, the rule ran contrary to the unanimous recommendation of a tripartite committee whose report the President withheld...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conclusions of the Cox Commission | 10/9/1968 | See Source »

Students Come First. Just how much Kirk's retirement will ease tensions is not at all clear. The student Strike Coordinating Committee insists that its argument is with university policies, not personalities, and that "the board of trustees still remains in absolute control of our university." Acting President Cordier, however, seems sympathetic to some student complaints. He has told both administrators and professors that they must find the time to meet with students, even if it means curtailing "research work and off-campus commitments." But he also issued a sharp warning to the still defiant radicals: "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: A Convenient Retirement | 8/30/1968 | See Source »

...sourly that he was Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's special representative during the U.N.'s 1960 Congo operations. His hands, said the students, were bloody with the murder of Congo Rebel Patrice Lumumba. They also charged vaguely that he had supported CIA activities. Within an hour after Kirk's resignation, a small band of rebels was chanting a new battle cry: "Cordier must go! Cordier must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: A Convenient Retirement | 8/30/1968 | See Source »

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