Word: united
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wants to be a cop? One of the most common types is the ex-high school athlete who went directly into a virile military unit like the Marines, and now seeks security in a job that requires no college degree. Often he aims to live far from the inner city-a lower-middle-class aspiration that produces white commuter cops who nervously regard black-ghetto patrols as raids behind enemy lines. According to Chicago Psychiatrist Clifton Rhead, a policeman needs distinct traits-a tendency to be suspicious, act fast, take risks, be aggressive and obey authority...
EVERY day, First Lieut. Steven Schreiner, an earnest young infantry officer whose unit guards the strategic Y Bridge in Saigon, dutifully fills in MACV Form 10. He no longer cringes when his buddies rib him about the re port and his peculiar command-a laudable sign of self-control. For MACV Form 10 is the Geese Reaction Report, and Schreiner's platoon includes 40-odd riflemen and a gaggle of six belligerent geese...
...series of section meetings. The speakers will raise important issues, and the sections will discover that it disagrees with certain ideas, is uncertain about others, and is in confusion about yet others. At the end of each section, the group will refer to the reading lists and select a unit of readings to clarify the dispute and motivate further discussion. The class will do the readings and then return to the seminar to re-evaluate the old discussion and push it further into new areas and problems...
Lalich will be directing an offensive unit that has been riddled by pre-season injuries. One of Lalich's prime targets, sophomore and Bruce Freeman, has been plagued by a persistent virus and may not be able to start. Senior guard Tom Jones and All-Ivy halfback Vic Gatto suffered injuries in Saturday's intra-squad scrimmage but both are healthy enough to start...
...still bucolic Long Island. An urban renewal project has been grinding away in the area for over ten years, and the developer in charge of the project has told the owners of the Sunset that they must leave in a year or two to make way for a 175-unit housing project and an industrial park...