Word: topic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knife, one of the best all-round weapons of its sort ever invented (useful for any chore from spreading butter to disemboweling enemies, also good for throwing), is still a topic of controversy among experts on such hardware. The question: Was it devised by obscure Frontiersman Rezin P. Bowie or by his famed brother, heroic Colonel James Bowie, who died in the siege of the Alamo...
...roadblocks of censorship suddenly appeared on the normally safe college debating circuit during the past academic year, Obstruction begin soon after the National intercollegiate Committee on Debate and Discussion selected the number one topic for argumentation: "Resolved--That the United States should attend diplomatic recognition to the Communist Government of China...
Over 900 colleges and universities began preparation on the issue, but the proceedings were disrupted by the news that several mid-western colleges, as well as both U.S. military academies, would not allow students to uphold the affirmative side of the topic...
...after a lengthy meeting, the National Speech Association group refused to after the topic. The appeal for free debate was also bolstered by a special Edward R. Marrow "See it Now" television program. Harvard and Princeton debating teams both sent special messages to the Academies and to the President asking for removal of the restrictions...
Bowles has not made any decision about the specific topic but expects to talk on some current situation in foreign affairs. Although no definite date has yet been chosen, the lectures will probably be in March or April...