Word: rejections
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would be on an equal footing with the U.S.), even the shape of the conference table. Hanoi and the N.L.F. are likely to insist on a four-sided table that will put each delegation in the conference room on an equal footing. Saigon and the U.S. are likely to reject such an arrangement on the ground that it would give tacit recognition to the Viet Cong. Possible solutions: a round table, or a square one set up in the shape of a diamond, enabling one side to assemble along the upper half and the other along the lower half. Said...
...practical value on their overall outlook or on the films that they make. The enormous relevance of The Parade's Gone By... to students is the direct link between the spirit of the pioneers and that of a kid fighting to get his first film completed. We need not reject the traditions of American narrative film-making, only those of Hollywood since Wall Street took over; Brownlow's emphases on the almost mystical forces that drew these early film-makers to their calling with such a vengeance serves as example, justifying to an extent our own feelings that proper values...
...public opinion surveys an important political tool. Even as simple mirrors of public opinion they can have far-reaching side effects. For instance, no one knows how many voters last month were swayed by a tendency to jump aboard a Nixon band wagon. Leading pollsters, including Gallup, unequivocally reject the notion that there may be a so-called "band-wagon effect." They cite Hubert Humphrey's dramatic comeback as evidence for their view. Still others feel that the polls may actually have helped Humphrey by generating an "underdog" sympathy vote. Whichever of these effects was dominant, it seems obvious that...
Last spring, the HUC passed a highly significant motion calling for student seats on all faculty committees. We sent the proposal to the CEP and Committee on Houses (COH) and crossed our fingers. In time, both groups sent back ambiguous letters of rejection; and they invited us in to talk about it. We could do nothing except change our minds and agree with them or wait a year and try again. Doing either meant abdicating our responsibility to the student body. Yet the alternative was confrontation politics, something that the HUC, which acts with its hands rather than its feet...
...matter how acute the need for reform, the prospects are discouraging. Americans overwhelmingly favor change now, but as new crises develop, they are likely to forget about the problem until some future presidential contest again threatens to capsize the election system. More important, smaller states are certain to reject an amendment that would severely diminish their importance. Since a constitutional amendment requires ratification by three-fourths of the states as well as approval of two-thirds of both houses of Congress, the old electoral college mathematics probably will apply again...