Word: majoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...well-practiced heterosexual and father of four grown offspring, I should like to hazard the guess that a major contributing factor to homosexuality (male and female) in Anglo-American society is the still dominant Pauline ("better to marry than to burn") ethic...
...public schools. The response in much of the South has been all deliberate resistance: 1,534 local districts in the Old Confederacy and Border States are still classified as segregated. Now the Supreme Court has run out of patience. Last week in Holmes v. Alexander-the first major judgment since Chief Justice Warren Burger joined the bench-the court unanimously ruled that the deliberate-speed formula "is no longer constitutionally permissible." The brusque, unsigned order declared: "The obligation of every school district is to terminate dual school systems at once and to operate now and hereafter only unitary schools...
...other expense item shows a major rise: student aid (excluding loans) will go up $900,000, from $5.7 million last year to $6.6 million this year...
Dick Jauron, who as a high school senior was sought by almost every major college that plays football, has been elected captain of the Yale freshmen team...
...only one major respect was Nixon's statement a departure from past policy, and this feature was the most insidious of all. In a transparent appeal to particular ethnic, geographic, and economic segments of the population. Nixon called on "the great silent majority" for support of his program. It is questionable whether that majority exists where the Vietnam issue is concerned, but one thing is certain. This appeal, combined with Nixon's obstinate refusal to offer any concessions to the peace movement, can only further polarize an already bitterly divided country. If the President's strategy succeeds it will...