Word: shake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...circulate petitions. It has often been noted that in times of grief or stress, doing concrete things, even small things, brings a sense of relief. So it is here. To a great extent, the purpose of such strikes is action quite divorced from ultimate accomplishment, a desperate desire to shake off a sense of impotence, the need to do something, anything...
...find, by the way, how grateful one is these days to anyone who announces that he eschews violence. It used to be a minimal attitude, it almost went without saying that one opposed violent methods. Now, on hearing that assurance, we are inclined to rush up to the speaker, shake his hand and embrace him as a brother moderate...
...girl. "But I live here," I answered. "Let's see your bursar's card," she demanded. "But you know me," I said. "Let's see your bursars card" she repeated. Fumbling through my crowded wallet I discovered my CRIMSON press pass. "Is this good enough?" I asked. A shake of the head was the only reply. I was finally able to find my bursar's card and after she checked the name against the dorm list I was admitted into my own dorm. Laugh it off, if you will; I tried without much success...
...hike for all state employees. The actions may be modified by a joint assembly-senate committee, and the professors may yet get th~ir pay boost, but the fate of the Academic Senate is less certain. Why the cuts? Said Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Frank Lan-terman: "To shake them up. What does the Academic Senate do but make themselves obnoxious?" Some state senators voiced similar sentiments. Said Senator Howard Way: "The world of academia is not in touch with the rank-and-file citizen of California...
...Notches. That last setback only emphasized LTV's mounting difficulties. Early this year Troy V. Post, a Dallas insurance millionaire and longtime patron of Ling's, began agitating for a radical shake-up in the conglomerate. A collector of antique clocks as well as modern corporations, Post merged his holding company, Greatamerica Corp., with LTV in 1968. In return for their shares, Greatamerica stockholders got a package of LTV debentures and stock warrants; but each $1,000 debenture is now worth only $150. LTV's stock plunged from around $100 a share at the time...