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...attacks, in particular, wounded the President. New Jersey Republican Clifford Case, among the mildest, most even-tempered of men, lit into Johnson for his "misuse" and "perversion" of the Tonkin Gulf resolution, accusing him of having acted in a "highly irresponsible manner" and of having "squandered his credibility...
...problem for Ross and the other Federation leaders is to translate what they hope is widespread discontent into effective pressure on the University. The pressure could take a number of forms. Mildest of all would be a simple restatement of the Federation's three demands, perhaps in more emphatic terms. But it is hard to see why Ford and Elder should find the same arguments which left them cold in May convincing in October...
...Moser reminded his audience that one of the worst drug offenders of all remains one of the most valuable lifesavers available: penicillin. It is known to set off an infinite variety of allergic or "serum sickness" reactions, and causes up to 300 U.S. deaths a year. Even the mildest of drug-induced difficulties, he added, should not be minimized, for the side effects are not limited to one generation. If a woman has certain radiopaque dyes injected for gall-bladder X rays, for example, a baby that she bears several years later may have an abnormal level of iodine...
Five years later occurred the most effective rebellion in Harvard's history; it was also the shortest and mildest. A large group of student simply gathered in the Yard to draw up a list of complaints against President Samuel Langdon, and demanded his dismissal. Shortly thereafter, Langdon quietly submitted his resignation...
...last month. A harsh crackdown on the demonstrators-mostly students-would only play into the hands of the waiting Buddhists, who first rose to power when the Saigon government invaded their pagodas three years ago. Moreover, the anti-Ky groups had only the vaguest of aims-and the mildest of manners...