Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Horner report on advising and counseling pinpointed this lack of coordination between freshmen and upperclass years as one of Harvard's major advising trouble spots. The report states, "It became clear that the change in student initiative and behavior required by the shift to advising done within an academic department or framework and by the tutorial staff in the Houses is, for many students a source of considerable confusion, frustration, and misunderstanding at the beginning of a very important and difficult year...
Burn, baby, burn!" That was the exultant cry first heard in the Los Angeles district of Watts. It marked a historic shift from the era of sit-ins and nonviolent marches, of songs and prayers, to the era of ghetto rioting. The worst outbreaks: New York City, July 1964. At a rally held in Harlem to protest the killing of a black youth by a white off-duty police officer, black leaders denounced the police and called for community action. When the crowd marched to a Harlem police station, scuffles with police erupted into a riot that lasted six days...
...those highlights are almost unwelcomed when they breed a belief that Harvard can rise to infinite heights in sports without a basic philosophical shift...
...credit for it, served notice that the Hebron attack was just the beginning-a bellicose attitude that could do nothing but make the situation worse. From now on, said P.L.O. leaders, priority will be given to armed struggle against Israel within the occupied territories rather than diplomatic activity. The shift, the P.L.O. suggested, was because of apparent erosion of U.S. support for a solution to the Palestinian problem and P.L.O. disappointment that Western Europe has yet to follow through effectively on its initiative to recognize Palestinian rights...
...college English departments, the shift from an all-out study of literature to a more rigorous blend of literature and composition can be a shock to the faculty. At the University of Texas' Austin campus, half the students in the 1960s were excused from fulfilling the freshman English requirement. Today that group has dipped to 28%. To staff the 256 sections of freshman English now required at the sprawling state campus. Liberal Arts Dean Robert King has ordered all English professors to teach one composition course annually. So far, none has carried out initial threats to quit from overwork...