Word: longer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jokes (and I do), but neglected to mention that audiences laugh with me, and louder. TIME'S account recorded the opinion that I was unfair to students; it neglected to mention that I often am given standing ovations by students. TIME recorded that I am no longer considered a liberal; it neglected to mention that I was given honorary degrees at two liberal colleges this year (Rollins and Ursinus). TIME recorded, regretfully but with unquenchable hope, "Capp so far has never been attacked on campus." TIME did not mention that I appear on campuses by invitation of students...
...other side, unfortunately, is often more obvious and disheartening. John Volpe, the Secretary of Transportation, has told highway builders that they no longer have to meet federal antidiscrimination standards when bidding on contracts. There would be time to comply, he said, when hiring for new construction actually started. Further, he added gratuitously, the anti-discrimination requirements were not "carved in granite." The N.A.A.C.P. charged that Volpe had made "a spineless capitulation" to the road builders...
...more; he would strip the French upper house of its already limited legislative and investigative functions and turn it into a consultative council that would have no power at all. Finally, De Gaulle wants to change the order of succession so that the president of the Senate no longer would become interim head of state in the event of the death or disability of the elected President. That function would go to the Premier, a change that would give De Gaulle more say in picking the next resident of the Elysée Palace...
...forge an anachronistically simplistic nation. Long hair is now immoral for schoolboys; the government has ordered haircuts, and in some cases police wielded the shears themselves. Bouzouki tavernas, where high-spirited Greeks loved to smash crockery in time with the frenzied music, have been tamed: guests are no longer allowed to break even a single saucer. Miniskirts are forbidden for young girls, and bar girls are being discouraged. Government officials must attend church-other Greeks are urged to do so to build a nation of "Christian Greeks"-while anyone who publicly doubts God or the army may be held guilty...
Professors are probably not meant to provide absolutes. Unfortunately, they no longer provide even models, unless they happen to be political activists. The civil rights movement, the Kennedys, McCarthy?each of these sufficed for a time, until submerged by death or defeat. But Viet Nam continued, Chicago receded. Nixon won. The remaining target is the nearest at hand: the vexed, vulnerable university...