Word: movement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since the Civil Rights movement, financial aid has been granted based on need. Congress held the belief that no one should have limited access to higher education because of class. Under the Nunn plan, financial aid would be singularly granted to those who perform government-approved activities...
...time is ripe for some form of public service initiative spearheaded by the federal government. I strongly believe that there is great enthusiasm for college public service nationwide. Let's not put a damper on this movement by placing a dollar value on community work, and making public service a condition for receiving financial...
...form of financial assistance should not coerce but rather enable one to perform public service. One must not forget that this movement and this rise in volunteerism emanate from a free will to contribute to society, and each contribution, large or small, depends on the heart of the individual...
...motive is not, however, strictly sentimental. Toth had a stock of T-shirts printed that read--you guessed it--"The Giant Sloth: The Legend Continues." He predicts that once the movement catches fire, he will be able to hawk the shirts in dining halls and unload them on giant sloth fans at $7 a crack. Keep that in mind when you are tempted to discount John Kenneth Galbraith's thesis that producers create the demand for their products...
...Brian Balogh,who teaches a course on modern America, said hewould try to draw in the themes, but notnecessarily as a result of the letter. Balogh saidhe has planned a lecture called "From Brown toBirmingham" and also will show Eyes on thePrize, a public broadcasting series on theCivil Rights movement...