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...said the sixtyish spinster after taking a good look at us, and she slammed the door. It was discouraging to have our first canvassee react that way, but in a moment the door re-opened...
...have public demonstrations been very effective. The march on the Pentagon only a few days before Dow came to Harvard may have been perversely satisfying to students who wanted the Federal troops and police to over-react. Unfortunately it did little to increase antiwar sentiment among voters. The Washington veterans' bitterness at the treatment they got that bloody weekend, compounded by their unrelieved frustration, undoubtedly affected what went on in Mallinckrodt's hallway...
...bring along an extra pair. Vague plans had been laid to spend the night at the Pentagon, but no one really knew if the vigil was going to come off. There was a good deal of speculation about what kind of people had showed up and how they would react under stress. Spiegel was not pleased with the hippies and was afraid that they would make a joke out of the confrontation. "The authorities really know what they're doing," Spiegel explained. "And they know that it's easier to control a crowd if there are a lot of small...
Armed authorities usually over-react to civil disorder. But this is no excuse for the behavior of many of the troops this weekend. They should have known that the demonstrators were not lawless thugs, bent on ravagaing the insides of the Pentagon. More important, the troops and officers should have realized that their brutality--and implicitly that of the government--will only spur on further illegal acts of resistance...
...male theory (or unconscious demand) that women feel deep guilt after abortion. In fact, most women react with a feeling of great relief. None of this should obscure the biological fact that abortion is abnormal, a product of grave medical, economic and psychological pressures. Says a twice-aborted schoolteacher: "No one would go through it unless they...