Word: symposia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...root of this phenomenon were the dire warnings of ecologists that man's heedless outpouring of noxious wastes is overwhelming the biosphere's ability to cleanse itself. As the year began, the public's foreboding was bolstered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which devoted 40 symposia at its annual meeting to environmental dangers. Later in January, President Nixon stressed the subject in his State of the Union address, which he followed up with a February special message. Soon the press issued almost daily reports on assorted ecological disasters?oil spills, fish kills, nuclear radiation...
...consortium plans to offer coursesin air pollution control at the graduate and undergraduate levels, joint seminars, public forums, summer workshops and symposia, and faculty training programs...
...armbands, along with contribution envelopes for political and peace-action groups, will be available after Tuesday's Bac?alaureate Service, at Wednesday's morning symposia and luncheon at Lowell House, and on Thursday at Wadsworth House in the Yard...
Among the more unusual symposia was a student-run discussion entitled "The Sorry State of Science-A Student Critique...
...other symposia during the convention, student members of the Science Action Group interrupted scientist speakers to ask questions and heckle...