Word: opted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this calculated bombardment, the three colonies were granted a 15-day respite from all music. Then they entered cages which allowed them, by tripping electric circuits, to opt either for Mozart or Schoenberg -in both cases, compositions they had not heard before-or to listen to nothing but the fan. The results should be encouraging to Mozart buffs. The rats exposed to his music during their compulsory concerts overwhelmingly tuned in on him. The group indoctrinated by Schoenberg split almost evenly between him and Mozart-as did the control group, which was unfamiliar with both composers...
...which said: "STRIKE FOR THE SIX DEMANDS STRIKE BECAUSE YOU HATE COPS . . . STRIKE TO SEIZE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE STRIKE TO BECOME MORE HUMAN . . . STRIKE TO MAKE YOURSELF FREE STRIKE TO ABOLISH ROTC STRIKE BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT OF YOU STRIKE?" It defines "co-opt...
CLEARLY THE Fainsod Committee has been designed not to instigate student power but to co-opt it before the issue really threatened the Corporation's vital interests. The Committee's principal protagonists, Dean Ford, President Pusey, and Merle Fainsod are knowing in the ways of corporate bureaucracies. The first solicits money for them, the second administrates them, and the third studies them. Their hopes for the Committee, conscious or not, probably go something like this: the study will take three months, the reaction will take some time, and in the meantime, several "student leaders" will have developed a large stake...
...encouraging to see how far the committee went in its proposals. The plan Rosovsky offers is no mere sop designed to co-opt student protest. Instead of merely suggesting minimal expansion in course offerings, the committee proposes a farreaching program aimed at remedying Harvard's academic deficits and at repairing some of the grotesque problems of black student life here. The plan will not solve all the problems, but it will make a start. The Faculty should approve it next week...
Sinclair had other reasons to opt for Atlantic Richfield. Although it boasts a solid refinery and marketing operation, Sinclair suffers from limited production capacity and must buy large amounts of crude oil at a premium from outside sources. Fast-growing Atlantic Richfield (1967 sales: $1.56 billion) has meanwhile been on a production binge, and its recent oil find on the North Slope of Alaska promises to be one of the largest in U.S. history. A merger that would enable Atlantic Richfield to move its oil through Sinclair refineries would obviously benefit both companies...