Word: protester
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weapon in flushing the enemy from his tunnel cities has been non-toxic CN tear gas-the use of which has brought screams of protest from critics in the U.S. Military men argue that gas is the only way of safely separating noncombatant Vietnamese hiding underground from Viet Cong. Often the gas is pumped into the tunnel complexes by means of long hoses attached to gasoline-driven pumps, but gas grenades are usually used. Last week U.S. troops in Tay Ninh were hit by Communist gas grenades. With that, the argument against U.S. use of nontoxic gas went...
Kiesinger's predecessor, Ludwig Erhard, had been shunted aside unceremoniously. Lost was Erhard's own chance to rebuild the coalition government that had crumbled three weeks ago when the Free Democrats walked out in protest against his decision to raise taxes. Neither his friends nor enemies within the party wanted to leave the task of government building to the man who clearly had no future left. All that now remained for him was to carry on as a lame-duck Chancellor until some one else succeeded in forming a new coalition...
...September spoiling for a fight: they had decided that the behavioral restrictions traditionally imposed on them were too demeaning to tolerate any longer. But over the summer, President Theodore Hesburgh blandly did away with the bulk of the rules. The resulting mood of Notre Dame-new responsibility, dampening of protest, search for a more influential and meaningful student role in college affairs-is typical of most schools, barring Harvard's aberrations...
Committed to Madness. Most students, while unhappy about the war, seem weary of rehashing all the old arguments, and the issue is losing its emotional kick. Frustrated by the difficulty of "escalating protest," a Yale senior sighs: "This Government is committed to this madness, so what can you do?" The University of Wisconsin still manages to muster some 400 students for antiwar rallies, but most protests elsewhere take the forlorn form of silent vigils...
Peter Orris '67 had been laughed at and hissed when he warned Monro that he should not try to divide SDS members once the organization had made a decision about a protest or demonstration...