Word: restedness
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The coalition, though, rested on more than a fear of numerical inferiority. Cultural differences heightened tribal suspicions.
O'Connor rested much of the afternoon in seclusion away from the carnival atmosphere of the sanctuary. When he returned last night the several hundred sympathizers stood and sang "We Shall Overcome," displaying clenched fists or the two-fingered peace sign above their heads.
Practice was called off yesterday, as the team rested after Wednesday's defeat of Brown, 3-1. The Brown team, which brought only two substitutes to Cambridge for the game, was unable to hold back Harvard's offensive attacks after the first quarter.
Ironically, the fate of the desegregation efforts rested with Richard Nixon. House Republicans had cautiously straddled the issues during the Whitten debate, with Gerald Ford curiously silent about the GOP opposition philosophy. What Ford and his followers were waiting for was an official pronouncement from Nixon.
By its final days the revolt enjoyed both wide and deep support among the students and junior faculty and in lesser degree among the senior professors. The grievances of the rebels were felt equally by a still larger number, probably a majority, of the students. The trauma of the violence...