Word: mits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ready to be turned around. Concern over "rewarding" Negro rioters could still result in a series of repressive measures by Congress. One such, an antiriot bill passed by the House, is pending in the Senate, where the Judiciary Committee last week heard former CIA Director John McCone ad mit that a check on incitement might sometimes be helpful. However, McCone, who headed the presidential commission that investigated 1965's Watts riot, warned that antiriot legislation would be no panacea. "What worries me," he said, "is the climate that might prevail in the country. I feel very deeply that unless...
...them," says Government Planner Roger Howman. Ineffective as the sanctions have been or are likely to be, the world has not as yet devised a more workable form of pressure against Rhodesia. In Cairo last week, the leaders of five African nations concluded a so-called "mini-sum mit" on Rhodesia by demanding that Smith be overthrown by force of arms. Such demands have been heard before in Africa; they are not only demagogic but silly. No responsible government gives serious thought to a war against Rhodesia. And for all the calls to arms, not a single nation anywhere...
Purdy, on the other hand, likes to pump up the outside jumpers. When the squad shellacked MIT, he scored 20 points -- his best...
...Spoonful proves that the "sound" must be "right" and "recordable." The Remains became Boston's most popular group a year ago with a hard, driving, Big-Rock sound like that of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Their personal appearances were highly successful because they knew how to trans- mit a personal excitement to the audience through their music. The Remains disbanded two months ago because their sound was out and they couldn't reproduce the quality of their performances on a record. During the same period, the Spoonful made it because their sound is contemporary and it is disciplined...
Since the commission has only about 30 staff members, each task force contracts out a major part of its research to experts throughout the nation. The Institute of Defense Analysis, for example, a non-profit organization operating out of Harvard, MIT and the University of California, is doing a $500,000 report on possible uses of systems analysis and other scientific advances. But the staff and commission members will decide which suggestions to incorporate in the final report. They will also organize it and rewrite many parts of it. The commission has begun exchanging ideas and information with state committees...