Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Teach-ins on nuclear arms...
Peace activists set about doing just that last week at Veterans Day teach-ins on 148 campuses across the country. The convocations were organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists (U.C.S.), a group that for twelve years has fought for safeguards in the atomic-power industry and has now turned its efforts to the crusade against the nuclear arms race. Co-sponsors as diverse as the National Council of Churches, the Council on Economic Priorities, and Physicians for Social Responsibility helped attract large audiences for speakers such as former SALT Negotiator Paul Warnke, former Tehran Hostage Moorhead Kennedy, and Democratic...
...teach-ins generally did not address the complexities of the strategic struggle with the Soviet Union, or that country's own massive buildup of nuclear weapons. Yuri Kapralov, a counselor at the Soviet embassy, told a crowd in Boston: "I wish your leaders would talk as clearly and forcefully for peace as ours do." Said Jeffrey Knopf, a Harvard junior: "We're simply asking the Government to call the Soviets' bluff. The U.S. hasn't even matched the Soviets' willingness to talk...
...teach-in panelists discussed the point that, for a decade or more, the Soviets have shown a marked willingness to build up their military establishment. Even so, the Veterans Day turnout seemed to indicate that the Administration is losing a propaganda battle...
...Chelsea will sleep ("You could have the room where I first violated Ethel"). As for Billy, he is wary, always ready to sulk or run. But there are possibilities in the situation. It could break Norman's habit of turning ever more tightly in on himself, and teach Billy his conviction that no one is interested in him is wrong. If an old man starts to show a young man the ropes (or at least how to handle a fishing line), perhaps Norman will see he still has useful work to perform as a teacher. Perhaps Billy will...