Word: questionability
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commentary on the violent age in which we live was reflected in the question of our six-year-old daughter, while watching the funeral of Eisenhower. She asked: "Mother, who shot...
...forcible expulsion of several deans from University Hall was engaged in or endorsed by a large group; and, second, on the idea that all stages of the present crisis are irrevocably bound together as one, under no circumstances to be treated separately. A student who takes seriously the question raised by this strike, as most do (including many who for various reasons are not themselves striking), is entitled to some displeasure at being told that the real and overriding issue is the rifling of University filing cabinets, alongside which his seriousness simply does not rate...
...will upset you to learn that I agree with many things you said. For instance: "Don't question our sincerity!: I don't. You are about as sincere as anyone can be. You are about as sincere as anyone can be. You are sincerely unhappy, sincerely frustrated and sincerely confused. You are also sincerely wrong about the few facts you cite, and sincerely illogical in the violent conclusions you reach. Besides, what does "sincerity" have to do with issues? Any insane asylum is full of sincere patients. Hitler was undoubtedly sincere. So are the followers of Voliva, who think...
...Alas, poor Yoricks: The decline of poverty in the U.S. is among the more astonishing and hopeful facts of human history. (In 1900, about 90% of our population was poor; in 1920--50%; in 90% 1930--34%; in 1968-15%). You will cry that 15% is outrageous. Agreed. The question is: How best abolish it? (A negative income tax makes more sense than anything your colleagues propose...
...When is all this going to end" is one question coming from all over and from all levels.... --JOE PURCELL, Record American