Word: takings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...students at the sit-in voted to take "stronger action" sometime next week, probably Tuesday or Wednesday. This action will be discussed at a meeting next Monday night...
...WOULD take a hopelessly long time to convince a majority of the nation that the NLF is right, and we don't see how we can wait much longer for the war to end. The political games of 1968 pushed the shame out of our minds only temporarily-we had been licked in the streets and convention hall of Chicago, but that couldn't put us off forever. Now we are spoiling for a new fight...
...happened again and again. "If one more person throws something. I'm going to get up and leave," a girl whimpered. Another boy, right in front of the wedge (and obviously the next target) decided that he hadn't stretched his legs all evening and had to take a walk. "Yeah, you're going to stretch your way all the way outta here," the boy behind him complained. "Get LBJ out of his warm bed and bring him down here to see what's going on." someone said over the microphone. But nobody came to watch what was going...
...those at the rear were for sticking it out. "It's easy for you to be so brave." a girl in the front line screamed. A boy next to her echoed her sentiment, "If you're so damn sure we should stay why don't you come up and take my place. This trooper's shoes are Goddamn hard...
...FINALLY came down from work, dressed in Bermuda shorts and golfing shirt. I was amazed to find that he looks exactly like Roy Cohn, even the Roy Cohn of fifteen years ago. We were introduced, and he did a darting sideglance, "is this for real" (double take at the length of my hair). Gary and I both caught it, and Cohn tried to cover his surprised embarrassment with polite trivialities...