Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: In the article "The Global Glut" [May 9], you say that "agricultural technology has shown that the Malthusian apocalypse of starvation can be avoided...
...Sir: You have very aptly reported on the great loss the death of President Barrientos means to Bolivia...
...Sir: I have just read the unbelievable fantasy about the Cultural Mafia's study of Afro-American culture [May 9]. I am a student at Barnard College majoring in linguistics, and I am black. I have spent time in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal in West Africa. I also have traveled the Caribbean and all parts of the U.S. I was positively revolted by the claims this group made about black laughter, black eating habits, aversion of eyes and more than anything else teaching ghetto students in incorrect language so they will "understand." Every individual I have seen...
...Sir: I was particularly intrigued by the article that told of the Army's use of Hondas in Viet Nam [May 2]. It creates quite a paradox. I'm 20, and am wondering what my fellow students will do to the Honda makers to retaliate. Do you think that there will be boycotts of their products, or revolts on campuses when Honda recruiters come to ask would-be graduates to join their establishment? Just think, the new version of Dow chemicals: Honda motorcycles...
Seeking to commemorate the occasion, Westminster began looking for a memorial in 1961. The college decided that nothing could be more appropriate than a church designed by Sir Christopher Wren. As surveyor to King Charles II, Wren had rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666, creating out of its ashes a new city-as indomitable an assertion of man's stubborn will to survive as was Churchill's trumpeted defiance when the bombs fell on Wren's London during World...