Word: popkin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Associate Professor of Government Samuel J.Popkin (left) becomes a symbol for academicfreedom in November, 1972. Subpoenaed to testifybefore a Boston grand jury in the case of DanielEllsberg '52, Popkin refuses to answer the jury'squestions. To speak before the grand jury wouldhave compromised his sources and his future inacademia, Popkin says in a defense rejected by theSupreme Court...
...Popkin is jailed for his lack of cooperation,leading Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz tolead a petition effort on behalf of Popkins.Popkins is eventually freed on November 29 afterthe Boston jury is disbanded...
...general population was eating a healthy diet. Indeed, among poor blacks, the average number of servings of grains and legumes actually declined from six to five servings a day, and now equals the number consumed by whites. "The message about lowering fat has been heard," says Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina who led the study, which was funded in part by the Kellogg Corp. "But we haven't been as loud and clear on fiber, sodium, fruits and vegetables, grains and legumes...
...Popkin, like other graduates of 1968, sees her current occupation as an extension of that activism. Popkin, in particular, likes her job at the legal aid bureau, where she can help those who can't afford proper counsel in the law. Lieberman also says she took her present job because it was in public service...
...Says Popkin: "I still think it's immoral to do nothing in the face of injustice."Courtesy Harvard ArchivesStudents block the car of Defense Secretary William S. McNamara on DeWolfe Street...