Word: v
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...U.S.C. v. U.C.L.A. from Los Angeles...
...weekend began with a sense of futility. You could ignore it if you took pleasure in the gas station attendant in New Haven who was wearing a peace button or the toll collector who flashed the "V" sign as you went...
...line of Mobe marshals briefly ringed the base of the Justice Department building holding their fingers in the V-shape to try to stop the barrage. Police moved in from the east and fired two successive rounds of tear gas which drove about a quarter of the crowd back into the Mall to the south...
...being the more liberal side of Congress. First, they were in session so at least they made the appearance for the day. Then they also talked to the youngsters who came wandering through their doors. But they did so mostly in large groups, shaking hands and giving the V sign where they knew it would gain them door-to-door canvassers in the next election. Nonetheless, they weren't ready to sit down for serious discussions about the issue...
Several former government officials also signed the statement. Among them were Justice Arthur J. Goldberg, former Ambassador to the United Nations; Yale Professor Eugene V. Rostow, Undersecretary of State under President Johnson; and William P. Bundy, former Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs...