Word: sit-in
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...peaceful two-day sit-in protesting marine recruitment at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) ended Thursday, minutes before the deadline set by school officials...
...sit-in, sponsored by a pacifist organization identifying itself as the Veterans Coalition for Community Affairs, held Memorial hall for 24 hours, during which "business was allowed to carry on as usual," Richard B. Shanor, a spokesman for the administration, said...
...timing wasn't right, either. Only two years earlier students had staged a sit-in at University Hall, an event that paralyzed and polarized the Faculty. There hadn't been enough time to heal the wounds, let alone talk about restructuring the College. And there was something else: two other Ivy League colleges, Yale and Princeton, were themselves undergoing self-scrutiny in the form of educational commissions, and it seemed logical to wait and see what they would produce...
...there are no late night lofts where you may be able to hear Thelonius Monk sit-in at a late night session with a couple of local musicians...
...Mass. Hall sit-in conducted by the members of DISC last April underscored Advisory Committee Chairman Andrew F. Brimmer's complete denial of their proposals' legitimacy, and, when Brimmer would not relent, Bok's failure to openly address the issues Brimmer especially, should not have excluded DISC so off-handedly. But now that it has rightly begun to recognize DISC, the DuBois advisory board should continue to listen to the groups' ideas and incorporate them into its conception of the Institute...