Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Once on the scene, Harvardman ('59) Scott was doubly disturbed. "No alumnus," he says, "can be indifferent to obscene chants in Memorial Church or the sight of Harvard Yard looking like a battlefield of the Crimean War. The polarization of the generations is galling, tragic and destructive. Harvard somehow never does things by halves...
Mutuality. For all the upbeat motions elsewhere, Richard Nixon's central foreign policy concern remained the swift extrication of the U.S. from Viet Nam on honorable terms. As the Paris negotiations limp on with no settlement in sight, Nixon's thinking has focused increasingly on scaling down the American presence in Viet Nam. Even a limited withdrawal could ease domestic political pressure, perhaps reduce casualties and serve as a peace initiative. But how to take the first step safely...
Everyone poured into Soldiers' Field, and for the first time all the minorities could get in the sunlight and look at each other. At first the sight was not too pleasant--anyone there would have predicated at the beginning that darkness would find these thousands in chaos, each minority to go its own into the night...
...Soldiers' Field, Hyland said, SDS is very pleased at all the student support for the strike, but does not endorse the teaching fellows' proposal. "There are some problems with that proposal," Hyland said. "They're fuzzy on expansion--and people can get hung up on restructuring and lose sight of the real issues...
...film this, Tim set up the camera by a stop sign on a small road that intersected perdendicularly with the highway. Tommy was stationed further down the road, within sight of Tim, who waved to him each time he wanted to start a take. Nora, wearing jeans and a Levi jacket, stood across the highway from Tim. Eric, near the camera, held the mike out towards the highway, and Phoebe and I leaned on the rented Dodge station wagon, parked behind the stop sign...