Word: retains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recommended charities. The only real difference is Radcliffe's preference for a low-pressure effort. Students are invited but not urged to give. In the past this method has produced a small amount of money, which might be increased if the drives merged. If the Radcliffe committee wants to retain its genteel tactics, co-ordination would still provide an effective way of reaching the Radcliffe public. Spurred by the example of their more generous friends at Harvard, the 'Cliffies might even enlarge their donations voluntarily...
...freshman year be allowed to sign out till any hour, it will run into a squall of opposition from a Briggs Hall contingent. The group contends that most 'Cliffies cannot regulate their social lives without recourse to a set of stringent rules, and concludes that the College should retain its present restrictions. Their stand is short-sighted and does not deserve to be taken seriously by anyone concerned with Radcliffe's future as a leader in women's education...
...student activities which Burke foresees is actually becoming a greater threat by day, especially in the publications field. The advertising market around Harvard has become so tight in the last few years that many publications (e.g. the Advocate) are having a hard time meeting their expenses while trying to retain a truly amateur spirit...
Accent (CBS, 1:30-2 p.m.). Author Oliver La Farge is interviewed by John Ciardi on the struggle of the Pueblo Indians to retain their ethnic identity. Show includes a tour of the famed Taos pueblo in New Mexico...
...Williams retains tension the way some people retain fluids. To ease the strain of meeting people and facing the world, he relies partly on cigarettes (two packs a day), but mostly on drink and pills. A trifle defensively, Williams puts his intake of liquor at half of a fifth a day. "It's more like half a fifth of bourbon and half a fifth of vodka," says a friend. Williams at times takes half a Dexamyl to "pep up," 1½ Seconals a day "to smooth things over," and two Miltowns with Scotch to go to sleep...