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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There must've been six or seven of them firing," said Sergeant Daniel Groth, leader of the raid. "I asked everyone to lay down their ammunition and throw up their hands. A voice came from the back and said, 'Shoot it out,' and with this, they resumed fire. If 200 shots were exchanged, that would've been nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: Police and Panthers at War | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Black Jesus. The reform program that some rebel councilmen had prepared for the meeting seemed reasonable enough. As shaped by Massachusetts Clergyman Stephen C. Rose, the program proposed, among other things, that the council become more of a lay organization engaged in specific social and religious tasks and that its white denominations turn over mission resources to the black and the poor. As a measure of its concern, Rose said, the council should also elect a black general secretary. Yet the insurgents never presented the proposals coherently at the assembly. And when the chance came to nominate a candidate, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Crunch at the Council | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

MIDWAY through lunch at a fashionable Washington restaurant not long ago, a young man named Ralph Nader stopped suddenly and gazed down in disgust at his chef's salad. There, nestled among the lettuce leaves, lay a dead fly. Nader spun in his chair and jabbed both arms into the air to summon a waiter. Pointing accusingly at the intruder on his plate, he ordered: "Take it away!" The waiter apologized and rushed to produce a fresh salad, but Nader's anger only rose. While his luncheon companions watched the turmoil that had erupted around him, Nader launched into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE U.S.'s TOUGHEST CUSTOMER | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Junior guard Dale Dover, who led Crimson scorers with 24 and rebounders with 12, started the comeback with a three-point play and later added several driving lay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Cagers Beat Harvard | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...Yardlings, whose record is now 1-1, had difficulty working as a team against a zone Good individual performances, for the most part, gave Harvard the victory. Floyd Lewis scored 32 points, most of them on short jump shots or lay-ins. James Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Cagers Beat Harvard | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

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