Word: power
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...important to recognize clearly that the sub-classes that have been singled out are at the two ends of the class-system, the richest and the poorest. This is because these are the only two sectors which have the capacity for acquiring power. The elements of power are: 1) Wealth 2) Institutional Leverage--this means control over the few tightly organized sectors of society, the government, business (big and small), and the communications networks, and 3) Numbers -- any group, if it is sufficiently large...
...Rich, by definition have wealth and control over the business sector. Indirectly but, in a potent way, the Rich, because they have wealth and power in business, also have power in government institutions and the communications branch...
Some of your readers may be interested in the facts of the episode misreported in Jeffrey C. Alexander's article "Power at Harvard," in the CRIMSON of November 26. Dean Ford, in early October of this year, gave the English Department as much money as it requested for the zeroxing of students' writings in English C for the two terms of 1968-69. Morton W. Bloomfield Chairman, Department of English
Lance Lindblom '70, a member of the HUC, charged that student referendums are always powerless. "Let's not delude ourselves," he said. "Let's deal with the power processes as they are actually...
Finally, those who oppose abolishing ROTC argue that by doing so, Harvard would isolate itself from the centers of power and thus its influence would be diminished. This could only be true if it can be shown that Harvard's acceptance of ROTC has given it any additional influence on questions of military or foreign policy. In reality, arrangements with ROTC have not given this or any other university any special leverage on policy; the Pentagon expects the universities to cooperate from considerations of patriotism, not power...