Word: questionability
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Squad in question is three kids, a white boy, a white girl, and a black boy. The girl, the run-away daughter of a prostitute, was picked up by the police for vagrancy. The white boy, who had been thrown out by his rich family, was arrested for car theft. And the black boy was busted during the Watts riots. The three have been given "a second chance" by the cops. They are trained by the police as undercover agents, so they can work for the cops on cases involving teenagers. The premise of the show is rich in unintended...
Allowing Harvard students to be Overseers would require an act of the Massachusetts legislature, and both Richardson and White say they oppose such an action. Richardson said that Harvard students already have adequate channels for expressing their views--through the Faculty petitions, various representatives, and editorials. "The real question is whether ideas and views are heard," he said. "My impression is that Harvard has shown considerable sensitivity...
...healthy, reasonable dialogue between the students living in residence halls, and the faculty. The administration gave us all a strong measure of support. There were no cadres, intrigues, and hardly a confrontation. The students pleaded eloquently, and we responded responsibly. Parietals was not the issue; we engaged the larger question of student responsibility in matters of dormitory life. In the end, everyone gained. Sol Gittleman Chairman Committee on Student Life
...responses seem inadequate. The question "Why?" is never really answered. Because of this uncertainty and because everyone else regards them as slightly curious, cross country runners tend to consider themselves eccentric, or at least uninhibited. They all grew accustomed to being chased by dogs and mocked by little kids long ago. Hence, the exercises, the cartoons, and the singing seem perfectly in order...
...There is a fundamental question of autonomy here," Kaplan said. "Are the guys in each House going to be allowed to decide what they are going to wear...