Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...children, he delights in kissing babies, is a stem-winding orator who always comes out strong on the side of social reform. - Fernando Maria Castiella, 58, Foreign Minister. Tall and scholarly, Castiella is a progressive Catholic and perhaps the Cabinet's most consistent defender of greater political freedom...
Beyond the pros and cons of legal reform, there is a separate moral issue. The clear-cut condemnations of the Bible or of traditional moral philosophy have come to be considerably toned down. An influential 1963 statement by British Quakers held that "homosexual affection can be as selfless as heterosexual affection" and therefore is not necessarily a sin. A surprising number of Protestant churchmen accept this idea. Most will still assert that homosexuality is an offense against God and man, but usually with qualifications. Says Los Angeles Methodist Bishop Gerald Kennedy: "The Lord made man and woman, and this implies...
...Dirksen, who held off the Administration's attempts in the first session, still opposes repeal and will filibuster to prevent its passage. Bills to increase and extend the minimum wage and to standardize unemployment compensation are also bound to cause debate. Other potentially mettlesome issues: Electoral College reform, home rule for the District of Columbia, and funding the Teacher Corps...
...because very few of the junior faculty members ever wind up with good positions on the Harvard faculty, there is a rapid turnover of ambitious young men that quickly erodes any attempt at a sustained reform movement. "At Harvard you don't go that far that fast, and you don't get the feeling that it's your department," said one History tutor. "You're going to leave--not get fired, you're going to want to leave...
...fate of the last reform movement has done little to sooth the junior faculty's feelings. "We just wanted to take part," said one of the original eight. The tutors, he said, hoped for the assurance of "a voice--or at least that you'd be listened to. You want to be given a sense of responsibility, and this is what the History Department has failed to give to its junior faculty...