Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Late in the spring, the Harvard Magazine published the first copy of its literary review. Some well-meaning pranksters published a parody of the magazine on the day it first appeared, and caused the biggest uproar of the year. They were accused of being undemocratic and were warned by the local press not to bring out another parody...
...action of the President and the government of the College caused an immediate uproar. There was a general feeling that Barnwell was totally innocent of any part in the disturbance, and, as a result, the students called a meeting in which it was decided to petition the government and ask for the reinstatement of Barnwell. The Petition "was accordingly signed by most of the members of the College," sent to President Quincy with the request that it be answered by the next...
Ideally, Congress should scrap the entire unwieldy tax code and start over with a law almost free of exemptions and .with rates as much as one-third lower than those now in force. "Short of a whole new law, Congress might quell much of today's uproar by closing some of the more flagrant routes to tax avoidance, which deprive Treasury of $50 billion a year in potential revenue...
...closer contact with labor and student groups. Meanwhile, Nigeria's British backers have been acutely embarrassed by Nigerian air attacks on undefended Biafran towns and hospitals. Britons who have protested bombing of civilians in Viet Nam now find their own nation indirectly supporting similar action in Biafra. The uproar has touched off a parliamentary debate, and last week led the Times of London to complain that Britain's Nigerian policy is a failure. Between that and Anguilla, suggested the Times, "there is a serious loss of touch in the conduct of British foreign policy...
...that their Norwegian competitors are still hooking pups with gaffs and skinning them alive. Nor is the annual gulf hunt, contrary to accusations, decimating the herd (although the limitless kill on the front is). Yet no matter how many explanations they make, Canadian officials are unable to quell the uproar for an elemental reason. Says one: "If we could find a way to make pup seals look like alligators, our problems would be over...