Word: northern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rebels are fighting for full independence from the north. Northern Moslems are dark-skinned people who are either nomadic or live in mud-brick houses and work on plantations, growing the cotton that is the Sudan's only big cash earner abroad. In contrast, the flat-nosed blacks in the south live in thatched huts in the rain forests and on the savannas, are largely tied to a subsistence agriculture. Many of the tribesmen living in the south are converted Christians who feel that the regime tries to make them bow to the will-and many of the religion...
...proved rather difficult. While most of the Courier's office workers are Negro, only three of its salaried reporters are. The rest, including Editor Michael S. Lottman '62, former managing editor of the CRIMSON and reporter for the Chicago Daily News, are graduates of or on leave from Northern colleges like Harvard, Wellesley, and Antioch...
...vote came on a motion to preclude amendments to Celler's resolution; if it failed, the way would be open for an amendment demanding Powell's exclusion. The motion was defeated 222 to 202, with the opposition composed of Southerners, border-state Democrats, a handful of Northern Democrats and Republicans from all sections of the country. The next test was on a Republican motion to substitute exclusion for the punishment proposed by Celler. Gaining strength, the anti-Powell group won this round 248 to 176. On the final vote, to actually bar Powell from the 90th Congress...
...land, sea and air, the U.S. tightened the screws on North Viet Nam. American 175-mm. artillery pounded targets north of the Demilitarized Zone at the 17th parallel. Navy planes seeded Northern rivers with mines. Seventh Fleet ships blasted the North's coast with 5-and 8-in. guns. On their side, the Communists began pounding U.S. installations with powerful 140-mm. Russian rockets (see THE WORLD...
...commitment as an educator has not been limited to Harvard College. Monro worked on the college Scholarship Service, spreading the scholarships procedures he introduced here to more than 1000 schools across the nation. During the past few summers, when many Faculty members retreated to the cool breezes of northern New England, Monro went south to Miles College. One of the most active members of the American Council of Education, he has been a strong supporter of civil rights, draft reform, and educational innovation...