Word: thinking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think that the time has come when we must begin to think of alcohol in the same category as other dangerous drugs. Send a reporter to my hospital and I'll show him where our medical tax dollars are going. They're being used like blotters to soak up the alcohol in which most of my patients are pickled...
Other protesters, however, were merely obeying their emotions, without any concrete idea of what they wanted the U.S. to do. They would agree with Mrs. Eleanor Bockman, a middle-aged Atlanta housewife: "I think people are thoroughly tired of the war. I think that some middle-class whites are just beginning to realize the depth of poverty in this country. Older people see the emptiness, the burden of the war. Younger people see it as a great waste of talent and life. Everybody knows that there is no answer now to the Viet...
...interesting statement which was heard on the late news that night. I'm not referring to his comment that quitting is likely to hurt Frank more than the team. Near the end of the long tape, Yovicsin said. "I know that Frank is 21 years old, but I think he's still too young to make such a big decision...
...Harvard football is pretty big. But I think that Yovicsin considers it to be a lot bigger and more important than it really is. Of course. if Champi were indispensable to the team. then the decision would have been more crucial. but I don't think anyone who was really informed ever felt that his departure would deal a crushing blow to Harvard's chances for success. Smith had shown himself to be of about the same ability as Champi early in the season. So how big a decision was it. Yovicsin referred to it as "such a big decision...
...really surprising part of Yovicsin's statement, however. is the suggestion that Champi is too young to arrive at a conclusion on such a vital issue. How old must one be to decide to quit football. Harvard football. that is? I don't think such a decision requires the wisdom of one beyond Champi...