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Word: sittings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the sit-in had been marked by the unusual cooperation between protesters and adminstrators--with the dean's secretary showing protesters how to use the office coffee machine--Vorenberg "regretted that the students had sat in, even if only briefly, since they had met together a month ago with the dean and some faculty and had agreed on an ongoing process," the statement said...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Black Law Students End Dean's Office Sit-In | 5/12/1988 | See Source »

While Vorenberg said that he regretted that the BLSA staged a sit-in and Byse said he was saddened "that society has developed so that law students think that this is necessary," BLSA leaders said they thought the sit-in was necessary to make the faculty...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Black Law Students End Dean's Office Sit-In | 5/12/1988 | See Source »

...dean was somewhat disappointed that we felt that we had to sit-in to make progress," Wilkins said. "The dean will say he didn't think a sit-in was necessary, but some of the things he agreed to today he rebuffed a month ago in [another] meeting...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Black Law Students End Dean's Office Sit-In | 5/12/1988 | See Source »

...Bell, who spent much of Monday night with the demonstrators, said that the sit-in worked as a protest...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Black Law Students End Dean's Office Sit-In | 5/12/1988 | See Source »

Bell also said he thought the principles articulated in the BLSA demands might resurface at later faculty meetings, though the faculty might not attribute their origin to the BLSA sit...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Black Law Students End Dean's Office Sit-In | 5/12/1988 | See Source »

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