Word: vietnamized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Seminars range from the ordinary to the exotic. "There's everything from Old English works to contemporary novels about Vietnam, from the Mayas to pop culture in England," Denault said. One class, limited to two or three students and taught by Herbert W. Levi, professor of zoology and biology, will study spiders and other terrestrial invertebrates...
...extraordinary period of politicization saw increased involvement of the overseers in day-to-day University affairs, particularly those concerning Vietnam War-era protests. But once involved in the issues of the day the overseers proved not to be immune from their impact. In 1970 came the election of Helen H. Gilbert, the first woman on the Board since it received its mandate in the 17th century to the oversee the chief University governing body, the Harvard Corporation. That same year also saw the attempt by two alumni to get a seat on the Board without the official nod of approval...
...intervening years some of the Vietnam-era changes have per- sisted. The official slate of candidates foroverseer is more diverse, including Blacks andwomen. And six times each year, the overseers holdday-long meetings to see where the Universitystands on issues ranging from the dining halls tothe faculty. But the Board does not take an activerole in determining University policy on activelydebated issues within community...
From the turn of the century until the tumultous 1960s, students at Harvard were relatively quiet, as the years were filled with the Depression and two World Wars. Student protest heated up again in the 1960s during the Vietnam...
...three closest calls, Kaku says, occurred during the Berlin Crisis in 1948, when President Truman prepared to drop 50 atomic bombs on the Soviet Union; during the Korean Conflict in 1954 when Eisenhower almost launched 1000 atomic bombs on targets in the Soviet Union, Korea and Vietnam; and in 1961 after the construction of the Berlin Wall when Kennedy considered firing more than 4000 bombs on the Soviet Union...