Word: switches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crucial argument Mr. Imam makes for his scheme is that it would make study and learning "circular" rather than "linear." For many non-science courses (Fine Arts, Ec. 1, Soc. Sci. 2) learning ought to be linear. As for the rest, it is not clear that a switch in the sequence of lectures and reading solves the problem. Students now miss significant points of lectures or forget them by the time they get to the reading. Under the new system they would miss the importance of much of the reading (save for bits they scurried back to reread after...
Using John Monro's switch to Miles College as an example of a noble but minor gesture. Traynham, for two years Assistant Episcopalian Chaplain at Harvard, denounced the University's investment policy, in his eulogy. "Harvard stands behind its individuals--like Monro," he said. "but is willing to risk anything in terms of the institution. Harvard," he continued, "is a pacesetter. It's not the richest segment of the corporate community, but it has tremendous influence academically...
...outdoor memorial services for Bobby Hutton, the two policemen wounded at the outset of the affray on 28th Street were in good condition and one had already been able to leave the hospital. San Diego's Panther Leader Kenny Denmon said the shooting had spurred his group to switch from political organizing to procuring guns. Speaking from a flatbed truck at the ceremony, Actor Marlon Brando, a Panther supporter, vowed to "do as much as I can to inform white people that time is running out." Specifically, Oakland's volatile Negro youths are shortening their tempers...
...equipment properly. Not that the briefcase portable-really a miniaturized car phone-is difficult to use. The user pushes a row of eleven buttons, one after another, until he finds an open channel (on a busy channel, he can overhear the conversation). He then holds down a transmission switch on the hand set and gives the mobile operator his call, which is completed over regular telephone lines. Incoming calls are announced by a buzzer and a light...
Only a major slip by Kennedy would convince the leaders who control these states to switch to Humphrey. But even RFK admits that he might stumble badly...