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...number of arrests mounted above 200 yesterday, the fourth day of the War Measures Act, it became increasingly evident that the only opposition group which government forces have failed to move against is the FLQ itself, which operates in closely knit, highly disciplined and completely autonomous cells of four to six members...
Schumer thinks the loosely-knit group of interested students is unique at Harvard in that it "wants to avoid ego tripping and bureaucratic hassles thatfrequently occur in Harvard peace groups...
They charged that revolutionaries on campuses and in inner cities are learning to make and use weapons in a loosely knit "kill the pigs" conspiracy...
...busy socially and economically that their militancy will fade somewhat when they return. "They have a lot of time on their hands over here to get worked up," said Smith. "A lot of what they think they will do, they just won't. They won't be so closely knit. And they will have girls, wives, families and jobs to worry over...
...argument demolishes any notion that we possess a well-knit social fabric. His fears are much the same as Fromm's in Escape from Freedom. His solution to our dangerous discontents- calling for a reintegration of ourselves into a community-is remarkably similar. Slater criticizes our compulsive inability to confront important issues and chronic social problems. He notes wittily that our approach to transportation problems has had the effect of making it easier to travel to more and more places that have become less and less worth diriving to-that is, if one can afford the luxury of a private...