Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every part of this American nation, economically, socially, and otherwise. And the fact that it was all done so subtly amazes me. As a youngster I used to picture the military as a big "Army, Navy and Air Force" which defended our nation against all foes. Now I see it eating 60 per cent of the taxpayers' dollars, controlling more industries than Howard Hughes, and protecting just about every nation with the exception of the Soviet Union and china. What are we becoming? A vast war machine. We are a military-industrial nation. I'm not a political theorist...
...classes. Man, they are dangerous. I truly believe that the military is growing too strong politically, economically and socially. It is exceeding all the bounds for which it was created. What can be done? Here, I'm at a loss. Perhaps I'm dreaming, but for the future I see martial law on campuses, in cities, and even military control of the government. We are walking a slim picket fence. Think about it for a while. I would appreciate comments. Ray Brassard 11631372 3628 Student Square Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
...rapid motion of brushstrokes or the frightened lines in woodcuts recall the act of painting or cutting, and you conjure up an image of Kirchner in the process of work. You see what he felt, you understand what...
When I arrived, I was not permitted to see or read the other proposals, nor was I allowed to check the written order of presentation. Orally, nonchalantly, and vaguely, they told me the substance and order of the proposals, which corresponded to the original order Kutik reported, yet I was not told how that order, which would probably lead to a strike vote, was arrived...
Howard raises a few eyebrows by saying that "blacks, from a black context, can look back and see slavery as quite a magnificent institution. That institution brought out the internal stamina of a people corporately. Any group that could go through slavery demonstrates a tremendous survival power, a tremendous willingness to live, and a capacity to struggle..." Harding replies that "it takes a very special perspective to re-read and re-think and in many ways recreate the historical experience of slavery in order to rejoice in it. It's a little too easy in order to rejoice...