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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...
...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...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Young Democrats had more to do with the [Minnesota Sen. Eugene] McCarthy campaign than any other institution that was available," Popkin says...
...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...