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...fundamental sources of disagreement between the caucuses, both last April and now: a difference in style. "Their side really believes more in arranging things in an orderly way beforehand," says John Womack, jr., assistant professor of History "in stream-lining things, managing things." The liberal group seems to prefer public decision-making...
...Vietnam Moratorium advertises itself as "an effort to maximize public pressure to end the war by encouraging a broad cross-section of Americans to work against the war." It will expand by one day per month: is focused on ending the war with related issues (the draft, militarism, inflation) being brought in by participation on the local level; and encourages activities in which those unable to take the entire day off can participate. It calls its activities a "new polities" campaign-broad based participation, door-to-door canvassing, and small group contact...
Consider this summer as an example. After a weak start with an expose of overly-loud music at rock'n'-roll halls-a topic that never caught the serious public interest he hoped for-Nader coverd a series of weightier topies. In July, he told George McGovern's Special Senate Committee on Nutrition about the built-in dangers of modern American food, he was later invited to serve on a White House panel on the subject. Shortly afterward there was an exhaustive report on the threat of "brown lung" for workers in textile mills-a report that surprised many public...
From the School of Public Health-James L. Whittenberger, James Stevens Simmons Professor of Public Health; Alonzo S. Yerby, professor of Health Services Administration; and Hugh H. Tilson, a student at the School of Public Health...
Fisher said that when the Ford Foundation was looking for a replacement for the Public Broadcasting Laboratory (PBL) it asked KCET and WGBH. PBL. and a group of eight stations to propose a new show. Ford liked the WGBH-KCET proposal. "I did not seek the grant at all," Fisher said. "I was drafted for the show...