Word: revisionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Committee of Fifteen submitted the revised Resolutions on Rights and Responsibilities to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 21. At that time, Alan Helmert, spokesman for the Committee, requested that Faculty and graduate students consider the Resolution in department meetings to facilitate greater discussion and provide a...
It has been generations since Gibbon's masterpiece was regarded as definitive. The Greek scholar Richard Person once wittily observed: "Nor does his humanity ever slumber unless when women are ravished or the Christians persecuted." Today's scholars are more likely to complain that Gibbon was weak on...
Shakespeare told TIME that he was surprised at the extent of the blacklist, and promised its revision. Armies of the Night, he added, "won the Pulitzer Prize, and it should not be restricted." Nevertheless, the shelves will continue to ban some fiction, especially the overly sexy kind. "We are not...
Most U.S. campuses reported a lull on the peace front last week. Combat was light and scattered; it was a time for R & R between Viet Nam protests. While some participants in the Oct. 15 Moratorium concentrated on classwork, others planned for the Nov. 15 march on Washington. Even so...
First Revision. This week a Senate committee is scheduled to receive proposals that, if enacted, would constitute the first comprehensive revision of federal narcotics penalties since 1937. For the first time, distinctions would be drawn between professional criminals, confirmed addicts and casual drug users. Mandatory jail sentences for mere possession...