Word: logical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most basic objection to the poll is that the questionnaire reached only 43 per cent of the class. People who filled out the poll, the argument continues, were more highly motivated to get their answers recorded than those who did not bother to answer the questions. Therefore, the logic concludes, most of the people who are against the war had their answers tabulated, while the "silent middle"--the 57 per cent who weren't polled--are probably a good deal more conservative. The poll was therefore not representative of the class...
Kosher Cola. Technology has also helped Orthodoxy adapt Halaka to modern life. Although shaving with a razor is forbidden by a Biblical injunction against cutting the skin, "shearing" is not; on that logic, Orthodox rabbis approved the use of electric shavers-and off went many beards. There have been ingenious efforts to make the dietary laws more acceptable. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America has worked with major food companies to place rabbinical stamps of approval on thousands of food goods, from cola to canned beans. Many supermarkets carry such modern kosher delicacies as a "bacon" made from...
...reach advanced students there to give them any great feeling of nationality. A desparate teacher shortage has kept French instructors in control of nearly all the secondary schools, and much of the say over what is going to be taught still comes from Paris. The lycees teach more Cartesian logic than Ivoirian problems, dispensing much that means little to life so far from France...
Recently, the middle and upper-class escape has been selectively blocked. The major means for avoiding military service until after the 26-year cut-off, graduate school deferments, has been threatened for all non-science students. The conservative logic runs as follows: A particular cultural approach--in this case, technological, specialized, scientific--has led to America's position of political and economic power in the world. In order to maintain and further that position, the same attitude must be enforced by the SSS on this generation to ensure the future of our nation...
...some of them even say that they will refuse to follow orders to fight in Vietnam. What this proves is that there are a number of students who are joining the military in order to avoid being sent to Vietnam. Crazy as this may sound, there is some logic to the madness. If one enlists, joins the Reserves, or enters some kind of officer training, there is a better chance of choosing the kind of job and part of the world to which one will be assigned than if one is drafted. Apparently the majority of Harvard seniors who have...