Word: sittings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turning point seems to have been reached in 1948, in the never-before- publi shed "An April Sunday brings the snow." Larkin remembers his father, recently dead, and the plum jam preserves he had put up: "Which now you will not sit and eat./ Behind the glass, under the cellophane,/ Remains your final summer -- sweet/ And meaningless, and not to come again...
Then one Sunday we were out on the third floor in the solarium up there. There was some kind of kite festival or kite tournament, and they had every crazy-looking Chinese kite and American kite and airplane kite. That's why I like to sit out. You've got to see the changes...
Maybe the ROTC programs will someday meet the criteria Harvard establishes for its affiliated organizations. If they do, Harvard and ROTC can talk then. But for now, Harvard's council should just sit and wait. David E. Carney '89 Midshipman, USNR...
...outpouring of new energies on what was considered "their" issue, seem to be running to catch up. Auxiliary Bishop Austin Vaughan of Newburgh, N.Y., has gone to jail with Operation Rescue, and Cavanaugh-O'Keefe claims other bishops are considering that step. The threat of increasingly harsh penalties for sit-ins, especially under the suspect RICO anti-racketeering statute, brings out more defiant rhetoric from the pro- lifers. Some leaders have sold their homes and disposed of other property to live in imitation of Andrews, who gave up her worldly goods to pursue the cause. Says Cavanaugh-O'Keefe...
...academic structure. But the staff would not apply this standard across the board. It would pick and choose the activities that are socially beneficial. I happen to agree with the staff that our country needs more teachers at this point than military officers, but I would not presume to sit in judgment of student groups' relative beneficence. It is ironic and hypocritical that after praising the values of free thinking and open debate, the staff would deny a group of students to assemble on campus...