Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opinion, the status quo with respect to Afro-American Studies at Harvard is not satisfatcory. Quite a number of courses recognize the existence of black men in the development of America; quite a bit of expertise is already available. However, merely recognizing black men as integral segements of certain overall social processes is not good enough. We are dealing with 25 million of our own people with a special history, culture, and range of problems...
Though Newhall's Chronicle is frequently criticized as lightweight intellectually, the paper's circulation has climbed to 492,000, ahead of the Examiner (220,000) and the paper has been profitable since 1962. Newhall takes great pride in survival and dismisses the criticism. "It has been my opinion that the only way we could stay alive was to make the paper at times a seemingly frothy, purely enjoyable experience, beneath which is a strong, serious, liberal viewpoint about world affairs...
...separate opinion, three Justices- Potter Stewart, Byron White and William Brennan-noted that because the agents' warrant authorized them to confiscate only gambling equipment, Stanley had also been the victim of an illegal search. The rest of the court, in an opinion written by Justice Thurgood Marshall, struck down Stanley's conviction for other, broader reasons. The constitutional right to "receive information and ideas," wrote Marshall, takes on an "added dimension" in the privacy of a man's home. "If the First Amendment means anything," Marshall continued, "it means that a state has no business telling...
...life of a great writer-or any writer-should not be confused with the value of his works. It was Hemingway's opinion and hope that a writer will be judged finally by the sum total and average of what he has written-and on nothing else. Resolutely concerned with turning out a solid and meticulous biography, Baker sticks to the life, refusing to pass judgment on the works -as, in fact, he ultimately abstains from personal judgment...
...doubt correct when he argues that it is too soon to offer any speculation about lurking critical questions. (For example: Will Hemingway endure mainly as a short-story writer or as a novelist?) Yet the absence of strong opinion and strong feeling, one way or another, finally seems an aggravating weakness of the book...