Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would be lodged in Houses. Few liked the idea. Students felt that their prized individualism, "completely self-wrought," would be taken away once they were forced to live and dine with a group of people chosen by Faculty members. The CRIMSON attacked the plan, and the Lampoon published a "Protest of the Masses Number" which heaped the full wrath of the Faculty and Administration upon its head. An apology to Mr. Harkness was demanded, and the 'Poonies, moaning that no one understood them, grudgingly gave it. Later, it was reported that the University was so angered by this issue that...
Easier Sentences. The fact is that on the record, U.S. military abroad generally get lighter sentences when tried and convicted under local laws than under their own. In Germany last year, seven G.I.s were tried by a U.S. court-martial for rape. The Germans started to protest bitterly that they should try the case, fell silent when the court-martial sentenced four of the defendants to life imprisonment, the others to 40 years. The maximum sentence for first-offense rape under German law: three years...
These departures follow close upon the resignation of Singleton, probably the nation's foremost Dante scholar, announced in April. Singleton's resignation came as "a kind of protest against infringement on individual departments by the Administration," a source close to him said at the time. Singleton's departure will leave Louis F. Solona, associate professor of Romance Languages the only permanent appointee actively teaching in the Department...
...charged that the protest "could be a delaying tactic to mislead a lot of people." Stone said that the local had previously agreed to the eligibility of the two individuals whose votes could decide the jurisdictional election...
Edward Sullivan, president of the Building Service local, said that his union's agreement to the eligibility of the employees depended upon the authenticity of statements concerning the individuals made at an informal Labor Relations Commission hearing prior to the election. He said that the protest was lodged after the local decided that the statements were not true. Sullivan would not reveal the nature of the statements...