Word: sharing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hitting at the Lords, Wilson took on one of Britain's most venerable institutions. It was the Lords, of course, that laid the basis for British democracy by forcing King John to accept Magna Carta in 1215. In the 14th century the Lords began to share their parliamentary power with the Commons, but it nonetheless managed to remain the dominant house until the 19th century. Three times in the 20th century British governments have significantly changed the Lords. Its power to delay legislation passed by the House of Commons was cut to two years in 1911 and cut again...
Royster, in a way, offers his younger colleague at Harper's a word of caution: beware the pitfalls of overestimating youth. "We are all excited by youth and vigor," he writes, "the young because they share it and the rest of us because we remember it. But the greater difficulty is that none of us-even young people themselves-really put as much stock in it as we all pretend to. When we must put the great affairs of life in another man's hands, we almost always turn to the mature-even the fatherly-image." Royster...
Everyone knows the outcome. It has its entertaining side--in fictions that everybody knows are fictions. Personally I am very unhappy about the arbitrary and capricious incidence of the punishments, because I think that certain groups of undergraduates have been forced to carry an unfair share of the penalties. On the other hand, the punishments themselves are vary much lighter than I had anticipated up until the very last moment. Furthermore, appeal procedures exist that may be able to correct manifest injustices. Thought the character of the punishment is indeed important, it is even more important to try to perceive...
...Monday, 30 October, you will recall, the Master and I met for about two hours with most of the Dudley men who had submitted identification cards on Wednesday. Among the topics of discussion were the role of self-identification and the right to share responsibility for obstructing Mr. Leavitt whether identified in the corridor or not. I was given a petition signed by those at the meeting which stated that the signers believed they were equally responsible for obstructing Mr. Leavitt. I said I would do my best to see that their wishes were realized even though...
This has been a difficult letter--the last, I hope, dealing with the affair at Mallinckrodt. I found the act of obstruction unacceptable, but I share the concerns which prompted it. I hope we can now work together to find efficacious ways to end the war. VERY TRULY YOURS, Harry P. Kerr Allston Burr Senior Tutor...