Word: objection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decision to call in the police obviously was a most difficult one for President Pusey. Perhaps there is room for some disagreement as to just what course was indicated for him, but very often those who object to such a decision simply argue that it is inexpedient because it alienates "moderate" opinion. Isn't it time for "moderate" opinion to ask itself whether it is rightly alienated in such circumstances; whether in fact it has not become irresponsibly indulgent of willful minority actions, which are still destructive even if idealistically provoked by a dreadful war. At this late date...
...relaxed and eased attitude toward their work. Many of us have realized that the children, their fulfillment and happiness, are the primary ends to keep in slight when we're teaching, not whether or not a project is completed. Too often, I think, people unknowingly see other people as objects with which to achieve certain ends which are said to be in the best interests of everyone involved. Such an orientation, when applied to children in a teaching situation, can result in a stifling and tense atmosphere. Only when the child, his happiness and fulfillment, is the primary end itself...
...stuff. The U.S. Congress has ruled that an antique is something that dates back to at least 100 years. But with copiers and satellites, computers and jets compressing into minutes tasks that once took days, venerability has also accelerated. Manhattan Antique Dealer Sandy Burr holds an elegant wooden object, an art student's model of a woman's hand. "It has some age to it," he says. "Maybe 15 or 20 years...
...What I object to most strongly is the implication that a defense could or should be made on the presumption that we had a right to be in University Hall because I am an officer of the University. We occupied University Hall not under any pretense of "legality," but as part of a long campaign we are fighting for just demands, in the interests of the working people of Cambridge and of the people of the world who are hurt by Harvard policies. These considerations are what made our action right. I went into University Hall on the same basis...
...want you; go somewhere else." Second, they attacked Quincy's call for public justice. "Mr. Quincy has formed a determination which no prudent man can approve. . . . He is about to introduce into academic discipline the full vigor of Criminal law." After affirming that they did not object to the laws of the institutions, only Quincy's methods of putting them into execution, the Juniors concluded: "Now nothing can be more evident than the unfitness of such a character for the direction of a mere literary institution...