Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mephistopheles (played by Andrea Teuber '64) begs Faustus to stay away from the underworld, but Mephistopheles is such a stoic sufferer that he doesn't succeed in convincing Faustus that hell is really that awful. He does convince us, however, provided we can believe that someone could keep so quiet about his misery...
...incendiary oratory, a paradoxical atmosphere of decorum prevailed in most cities marking the day. In Los Angeles, poetry reading was the rule, including one eulogy, "It Was a Funky Deal," delivered under a banner of Malcolm's face. In Washington, two observances were marked by quiet meditation, and efforts to shut Negro classrooms and urge workers off their jobs for the day proved largely ineffectual. As his followers listened to tapes of the uhuru guru, the Black Power movement that he helped model was facing a conflict between its words and deeds...
...Quiet Objection. How about U.S. law? Hull and Novogrod submit that although the Constitution gives Congress the sole right to declare war, the key word is "declare." The drafters rejected a proposed constitutional phrase giving Congress the right to "make" war. "Declare" was substituted, and, say the authors, "clearly the framers intended to give the President the power to meet a sudden attack without a congressional declaration of war." In addition, Congress has ratified the SEATO Treaty, which provides for aid to member nations threatened by external forces, and it has passed the Tonkin Resolution, which even Senator William Fulbright...
Certainly not all law students or professors agree. Indeed, a notably quiet antiwar petition is currently being circulated at a number of law schools, urging lawyers "to work for a change in every legitimate way they can." Among the signers: Alan Dershowitz, founder of Harvard's Viet Nam course...
...experiment by combining a string quartet with his ensemble. And the other liberated spirits assembled by him have just as many odd new ideas as the leader. Coryell, who likes to incorporate the drone of amplifier feedback into his solos, is seeking new electronic effects such as "a very quiet fuzz tone that suggests a little radio turned up as far as it goes. I see a lot of beauty in distortion...