Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ever more taut confrontation carries with it the prospect of still more violence, which in turn could lead to curtailment of traditional civil liberties. Some hard-core rebels of the farthest left would welcome exactly that. They reason that the resulting disorder could only weaken the system that they seek to overturn...
...first Mos cow demonstration by a small organization called War Resisters' International, founded in The Netherlands after World War I and now headquartered in London. W.R.I., which claims branches in 40 nations, supports nonviolence and works closely with the Quakers. A major point in its program is "to seek and maintain contact with war resisters in countries where it is dangerous to oppose government policy...
...addition to the theology students, the New England Resistance and the Boston Committee of Religious Concern for Peace supported the pair in their original decision to seek sanctuary in the chapel, a student spokesman said...
...group finally agreed to seek a meeting with the members of the Wilson Committee at Harvard, to make arrangements for a conference with Killian at M.I.T., and to seek a special meeting of the City Council on October 9 to gain Council backing for their demands...
Inexhaustible Supply. While the courts were helping those who seek the right to serve, they also made things more difficult for those who prefer not to. All of the districts broadened the eligibility requirements to include people who were once exempt. Lawyers, doctors, nurses and a few other groups, who were usually excluded in the past, may now be excused on request but may choose to serve if they wish to. By raising the juror's fee from $10 to $20 a day (and $16 a night for those who travel long distances and must stay overnight), the courts...