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...story of Nat Turner to describe what it was like for a man to live as a slave from day to day. He must relate the story through the eyes of the rebellious slave, thereby intruding on the consciousness of a black man. But the book does not purport to provide a deep analysis of the slave mind, nor does it intend to present a metaphor for Negro rioters in 1967. Styron is simply creating a work of art which portrays the psychological effects of slavery...
...name 'Harvard." It will not permit an unapproved organization to use the name of Harvard or imply through its title a connection with the University. Nor will Harvard let an organization--approved or not--appear on commercial television or radio. And, say the regulations, no organization shall "purport to represent the views or opinions of either Harvard University or its student body...
...rent supplements plan does not purport to be a panacea for the ghetto. Its concept, however, is vastly superior to that of public housing, which has not been able to accommodate most of the nation's poor and often makes matters worse. In some cases of urban renewal, poor people are evicted without sufficient provision being made for their relocation at rents they can pay. In other cases, the new public housing structures themselves deteriorate into slums. Because all tenants of a public housing project have low incomes, the project has basically the same atmosphere as an urban ghetto; almost...
...that they purport to reject...
...Howard Pew, board chairman of Sun Oil, and President Roger Hull of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Although it acknowledges the right of individual ministers to take stands on political-moral issues, the committee strongly objects to the tendency of Presbyterian leaders to issue pronouncements that purport to speak for the church as a whole...