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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...horribly. These units are not, as was inferred by many, inexhaustible, nor are they mere country folk. These were the invaluable, irreplaceable, Hanoi-trained hard-core V.C., Directorate members themselves possibly, and the devout cadre-the very life and stimulus of the N.L.F. movement who have been the motivating spirit of things for years, if not decades. They could, of course, do it again, but certainly not with anywhere near the same quality and intensity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 1968 | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

...spirit of change among the students will present some challenges Rudenstine won't be able to plan so easily. "There's a new mood of student activism at Princeton." Rudenstine says, and next year he will have to determine much of the University's response...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Neil Rudenstine | 2/14/1968 | See Source »

...Harvard, Rudenstine has won the respect of both protestors and Establishment by his spirit of rational, controlled activism. Last October, his timely intervention was credited with helping change the mood of protestors at the Dow demonstration. Grabbing a microphone while the crowd was still holding the Dow representative captive, Rudenstine urged the protestors to reject repressive tactics. Rudenstine's was the first of the "opposition speeches" that eventually convinced the crowd to release its hostage before the "police action and possible violence" Rudenstine warned against could begin...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Neil Rudenstine | 2/14/1968 | See Source »

Amid the Winter Carnival spirit the Big Green romped to take seven of eleven first places. The meet was never really in doubt as Dartmouth started off with a win in the medley relay and piled up the points from there. Even the two Harvard big guns, Bill Murphy and Bill Shrout, lost three out of four of their events, and without points from them the Crimson cause was hopeless...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Indians Douse Swimmers' First Division Aspirations | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

...Constitution leaves little doubt of the Council's intended activities. It's two most promnient "purposes" are "To provide liaison between the administration and the graduate students and to maintain a spirit of friendly cooperation among the graduate schools...

Author: By Michael J. Barrett, | Title: The Battles Behind The GSA Referendum | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

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