Word: vastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nixon's campaign rhetoric. Though the Government can take punitive action, cutting off federal funds from colleges affected by disruption and from student dissenters themselves, Finch argues that the universities should be given the widest possible latitude. Repressive federal action, he says, would endanger academic freedom and harm the vast majority of students who have never even thought of joining the S.D.S. He has campaigned energetically against half a dozen repressive bills pending in Congress. "In all truth," he told a congressional committee, "many academic institutions have brought much of it on themselves. They have not always responded...
...came in 1958, when he was named Premier as France struggled in the frustration of the Algerian rebellion. In September of that year, De Gaulle's new constitution was approved by nearly 80% of French voters; it radically reshaped France's administration and gave the President vast new powers. He was elected President in the expectation that only he could find a peaceful solution in Algeria. He did, but in a way that outraged French settlers in Algeria and many Frenchmen at home: he offered freedom to the Algerians...
...that an exam in English is conducted exactly like an exam in Geology is enough to make clear to many students the fact that exams have absolutely nothing to do with intellectual concerns. There can be no explanation of why students are required to scribble frantic little essays on vast and intricate subjects except in terms of economic needs which are wholly foreign to the intellectual content of their courses...
...state and Federal Government agencies joined together to form Operation Foresight, an $18 million emergency effort. Under it, the Army Corps of Engineers produced 183 linear miles of dikes and assisted 283 communities with their flood preparations. The engineers distributed pumps and more than 10 million sandbags and used vast numbers of construction equipment. Even with its limited means, the program successfully prevented an estimated $113 million in damage. Many towns that suffered in 1965 were kept dry by the hastily built dikes...
...children are still too young, of course, to be deeply involved in such things. Ethel herself is still observing her year of mourning. She rarely goes out socially, hardly ever appears at public functions. Basically her life is at Hickory Hill. The vast affairs that once characterized the place are no more. But her home is still constantly filled with guests of every rank and background, and they find the quality of life there surprisingly unchanged...