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Word: lessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quiet intensification of the war in the South which followed the bombing halt last fall. The number of U.S.-initiated ground contacts with enemy forces doubled between November and February, and the New York Times reported several days ago that this trend appears to be continuing. According to no less an authority than Averell Harriman, the recent Viet Cong "offensive" is in reality a response to this stepping up of the ground war by American forces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nixon's War | 3/26/1969 | See Source »

...recent years, ACE has conducted less-political polls of undergraduates at 400 schools. F. Skiddy von Stade '38, dean of freshmen, said yesterday he had ordered the ACE questionnaires placed in freshman registration envelopes for the last several years "against my own wishes but by instruction from President Pusey." Bayr said the results of those polls will be given to the Carnegie Commission, which will be doing an undergraduate study in the fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Questionnaires | 3/25/1969 | See Source »

...Chemistry department has revised Chemistry 20 for next year to make it less demanding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chem 20 To Eliminate Fall Labs Next Year | 3/22/1969 | See Source »

...Eagles lost three of their first eight games this season, and apparently Cousy felt he could do better elsewhere, especially in a place with less rigorous admission requirements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cousy Bows Out In Finals Today | 3/22/1969 | See Source »

...that the conditions of the dorm limit people's ability to make their own choices. The individual is subordinated to the rules, to the pressure of friends, to the harrassment of the crowd. The worrying about work is a sign that the individual can't find out, much less fulfill, her potentialities. Instead, she adopts the common standard and resorts to comparisons to measure her own worth. Her initiative is cut off. She needs friends to an artificially-heightened degree, and the reliance on friends promotes conformity and excessive hunting for security. The groups of friends that spring...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Radcliffe Dorms Overwhelm Girls | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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