Word: subs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...following translation of an article appearing in the Soviet magazine Ogonek was made by Kent Geiger, an assistant professor of sociology at Tufts and presently a Research Fellow in the Harvard Russian Research Center. Geiger was the leader of the Experiment in International Living sub-group of the 41 U. S. students visiting Russia as part of the Cultural Exchange Program. Several Harvard and Radcliffe students were on the exchange; some are quoted in the article, although Geiger warns that such quotes, like other elements, have been skillfully distorted. Geiger's summary, which points up some of the chief themes...
Continuing this thread of argument, the petition said "We see no reason why a government which can be peacefully altered by vote of its citizens should sub-sidize those who seek its violent overthrow...
Finding two articles which rise above the sub-mediocre and "enigmatic" norm, Mr. A. can find no words to explain his sense of their quality or their meaning. He only mentions them briefly in a negative context. He also conveniently avoids a judgment on the sincerity or validity of the point of view expressed in Mr. Smith's letter.... Sara Dakin...
Says Father Laboon, who is soon to be joined by a Protestant chaplain: "The 60-day patrol of the atomic sub Seawolf," he explains, "indicated a need for religious coverage. We have crews away from port for extended periods, weeks on end of living with an atomic reactor, and soon, ballistic missiles as well. These patrols are almost the equivalent of war, in the minds of all who are involved in them, and morale must be kept high...
...long periods under water. With a high proportion of respected experts aboard, submarine society quickly shakes down to "smalltown" clusters of six or eight men congealed around a leader. But these clusters do not freeze into antagonistic cliques, Captain Alvis reported, because endless recombinations occur in a modern sub's big crew of 80 or more men. "It takes quite a while for even a rather unpleasant person to inflict himself on everyone in the group." And a bad apple can always be set off on the next pier...