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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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After the radical students had continued demonstrating, they gained support from the majority of Columbia students because they took the mass of students over to something and something street and let them see the 30-30 rifle. In trying to take over, they had taken the man's advice. 1000 of New York's finest caused enough havoc to create America's finest example yet of white student power...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Columbia: From Resistance to Insurgency | 5/6/1968 | See Source »

...involvement in what he terms the Vietnamese "gluepot." Far more Europe-minded than his friend Dean Rusk, Ball believes that by making Viet Nam a major battleground with the Communists, the U.S. has failed to cope adequately with De Gaulle, jeopardized any new approach to China, and let the problem of a divided Germany fester far too long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Devil's Advocate Returns | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

...chromosome has been found to be higher than in the general population. The objections to the theory are that no one knows the true incidence of the extra-Y abnormality, and that even when it is shown to exist, no one knows how the second Y can influence personality, let alone criminality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genetics: Of Chromosomes & Crime | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

...tooth for a tooth.' Ye have heard it said, 'sideswipe for sideswipe, right-of-way refused for right-of-way refused.' But I say unto you, 'Turn the other fender.' If someone gets in your way at a green light, let him be first at the next light. And whosoever shall try to pass thee imprudently with a less powerful car, slow down to let him do it more easily. I say unto you, love your enemies, love those who drive dangerously. They are in peril...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morality: Turn the Other Fender | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

First, on Monday, April 29, we were presented with John Herfort's news "analysis." Along with some genuine insight into the present condition of the Democratic party, Mr. Herfort also let drop the "analysis" that supporters of Senator Eugene McCarthy were essentially neurotics, whereas Robert Kennedy '48, is the candidate of "new ideas" who would bring a freshness to American politics. The judgment about the first point must be left to those who know McCarthy supporters, although it can be said that Senator McCarthy's ideas about foreign policy and the CIA show great freshness, and that, on domestic policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCARTHY AND KENNEDY | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

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