Word: majority
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time it was widely believed that the President would give the go-ahead for resuming work on the AMB, which would place nuclear tipped weapons around major cities. As opposition to the project mounted, however, it began to seem more likely that he might call for the system's deployment only in areas removed from population centers...
...recent weeks, the problem of student participation in the decision-making processes of the University has become a major issue. Listening to the members of the various organizations involved, including HUC, HPC, SFAC, and HFC, I have come to believe that major changes are necessary in the student organizations before there can be any discussion of student participation in the decisions of the University...
...statement says that the aim of the courses is to examine in depth some of the major problems confronting Americans and peoples affected by the American system. "The argument that our courses do not belong in Soc Rel seems equivalent to saying that the subject of social change does not belong there," the statement says...
After leaving the Nation in 1923, Gruening continued to write, producing two major books on the power industry and on Mexico. He returned to journalism briefly with the New York Post in 1932 and 1933, but with the election of Roosevelt, Gruening entered public service. He was appointed advisor to the U.S. delegation to the Seventh Inter-American Conference in 1933, and the following year became Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of the Interior. During the next five years Gruening was in charge of the American aid and development program in Puerto Rico...
...film festival was as depressing as its surroundings. In fact, the event's title was a misnomer--there were only three films, all of which were documentaries. None lasted more than fifteen minutes. Whether this particular event qualified as a film festival was not of major concern, however. Its purpose was to establish a precedent, a base on which an authentic black film festival can be founded. But whether that ambition can be realized is a matter of considerable doubt...