Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Black students of the Harvard Business School, feel compelled, because of the activities that have taken place at Harvard University, to respond to the position taken by the Student Association and the administration of the Business School. We had hoped that leadership would emerge from the white student body condemning the outrageous action taken by Mr. Pusey and his staff. Since that leadership has not come forth, we, as concerned citizens, cannot sit by complacently and not react to the way in which Harvard's administration conducted itself during the present crisis...
They must not, for instance, support continuing the three-day strike as a vague sign of student solidarity. Such solidarity does not now exist; and with SDS providing the only coherent leadership, continued participation implies endorsement. For at least three days, moderates ought to suspend their participation in the strike and use that period to revive their leadership and political identity...
...course, it is essential that everyone attend the meeting at Soldiers' Field. At the very least it will provide contact with the full spectrum of moderate opinion; at best it may be able to vote some gestures of solidarity and start on the task of organizing majority leadership and majority opinion into the force they ought to be. Whether or not tomorrow's meeting makes significant progress on these tasks, those in the middle must not stop thinking for themselves or stop working on the crisis. `The crisis is political, and political abdication is not an option for anyone...
Moral Force. Bradley disagreed emphatically. The city charter (adopted in 1925) does not proscribe leadership, he argued. The mayor "has to take on the role of being the community's moral force. For most of its people, the city has ceased functioning. All it does is pick up garbage. How can you identify with a garbage truck?" The 6-ft. 3-in. former football and track star impressed audiences with his expertise on urban affairs. To whites anxious about the city's racial divisions, Bradley declared: "Let me say to those of you who are uneasy-that black...
...congress intends to adopt a new party constitution that, according to a draft that found its way outside China early this year, will enshrine Mao's policies as official guideposts and formally designate Lin as his heir. The congress will also legitimize the new leadership that has emerged from the crucible of the purges. Finally, the delegates will select a new Central Committee. The old committee was purged of at least two-thirds of its membership, including such leading figures as President Liu Shaochi and Teng Hsiao-ping, the party secretary-general. With that, the congress will officially establish...