Word: letting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Let there be no doubt the recent events at Cornell [May 2] were a disaster for American education. A liberal school's administration and faculty, in a dramatic gesture given worldwide attention, bowed to the unreasonable demands of an armed minority led by a demagogue who threatened leading administrators and faculty members over a university-owned radio station and backed by a foolish mob of guilt-ridden, self-flagellating whites finding "institutionalized racism" behind every bush...
...Administration asked for a separate, presidentially appointed Farm Labor Relations Board. "There are unique characteristics about the agricultural setting," said Labor Secretary George Shultz. "There is no great pattern. You'd have a lot to learn. The board could feel their way and develop something that fits. Let it develop its own rules and regulations...
Hussein's dilemma is a vivid lesson to any country that might let the fedayeen operate within its borders. Nonetheless, the most peaceable Arab land of all, Lebanon, is being inexorably drawn toward the same fate. Three weeks ago, its government resigned in the wake of riots by Palestinians and students demanding freedom of action for the fedayeen. Last week Lebanon was still without a government, as its politicians vainly sought a compromise that would, in the words of President Charles Helou, allow Lebanon to "support this just struggle within our sovereignty and integrity"?in other words, without incurring...
Nevertheless, he said, "The fact that there is no easy way to end the war does not mean that we have no choice but to let the war drag on with no end in sight...
...entire squad played very, very well," enthused Barnaby last night. "They were overtennised after the New England last weekend, so we pretty much let them rest Monday and Tuesday. As a result, I was terribly afraid that the squad would be sluggish for the Dartmouth match...