Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would be possible without a viable Army ROTC unit on the Harvard campus. Harvard men would not have this opportunity to serve their country's armed forces with honor and distinction, as commissioned officers, in the tradition of Harvard excellence. Harvard as an institution would not be able to uphold its proud reputation for supplying its share of leadership to the broad spectrum of our national institutions...
...were not also treated so cavalierly by the CEP. The CRIMSON interview with Mr. Wilcox (10 January) suggests a certain casualness toward so burning an issue as ROTC that should be measured against the earnestness of the students who risked their academic careers at Paine Hall in trying to uphold their political responsibilities in the Harvard community...
...would be possible without a viable Army ROTC unit on the Harvard campus. Harvard men would not have this opportunity to serve their country's armed forces with honor and distinction, as commissioned officers, in the tradition of Harvard excellence. Harvard as an institution would not be able to uphold its proud reputation for supplying its share of leadership to the broad spectrum of our national institutions...
...book's thesis, insofar as it relates to this question, is not only that the individual citizen has a duty to act on moral grounds, even if his action is illegal, but that the Court must respect this duty and uphold it. The Court, Zinn says, must "stand for the law sometimes, for justice always." This is an exciting, romantic, beautiful idea: that we might order our society on morality and so live together in peace. But Zinn has not carried his theory to its logical end. If he wants the Court to recognize his right to oppose laws...
...more likely that the court will uphold the law against distributing, while striking down the law against exhibiting, Balliro said...