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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When President Nixon invited the silent majority to express themselves, says Moser, who teaches Russian, "he got what he wanted-a visible opposition to the Moratorium crowd." But Moser hopes that Nixon may get even more than he sought. "He may have set in motion the forces that will vigorously oppose the culmination of his policies by demanding victory, not peace." Y.A.F. Director Ron Dear claims that Nixon "would not be unhappy to see his options in the war expanded by right-wing pressure-and we aim to please...
...Pasted next to the peepholes were pictures of the suspects, some snapped surreptitiously at peace rallies by other FBI agents in the guise of press photographers. A crackling radio brought terse reports from about a dozen other teams staked out near by. Finally the agents spotted their prey and set a dragnet into operation...
...giving the Government the right to ban toys that pose "electrical, mechanical or thermal" hazards to youngsters. Now the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare will be able to banish from the market such presently available items as a blowgun that allows the darts to be inhaled, a soldering set that exposes a child to molten lead, a tot-sized cookstove generating heat up to 600"', an electric iron with inadequate grounding, a catapult device launching a bird with a sharp beak, and furry animals whose ears attach by long metal pins...
...statistics are a gloomy set of figures for the Crimson, there are two bright spots. Gary Singleterry, second in the League last year, leads the punters this Fall with a 40.6 yard average. Ray Hornblower is third among league rushers...
Here we have some paranoia mixed in with the psychology. When radicals occupy a building, Blaine is saying, they don't do it because they want administration response, as they claim. Their real motive is "to provoke violence" which will set off a chain of events resulting in the destruction of the university. Blaine ignores the obvious fact that building seizures can be effective in winning demands-the elimination of ROTC, for example-which have nothing whatsoever to do with destroying the university...