Word: vietnams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...having trouble getting through to people. "Most seniors still don't believe that they will be drafted after graduation," sophomore Barry A. Margolin, undergraduate coordinator of the Union, said recently. "Seniors think their draft boards are different-but 70 per cent of them are going to end up in Vietnam." The psychological impact of recent events has been to confirm these seniors' hopes of legally avoiding the draft. The immediate threat now seems less dangerous...
...feared, for example, that by calling for an end to the draft altogether it might alienate large segments of its potentially broad-based support. But this, in turn, has made the rallying point an essentially negative one and the basis for the Union's political stand-opposition to the Vietnam war-is eroding...
...last few weeks, the efficacy of student political action has been demonstrated. New Hampshire surprised everyone, I suppose, but the students working there. The anti-Vietnam activities--organized protests, petitions, and referenda--seemed the most optimistic view. At this point student power to effect change is being considered by many in terms of next moves. These next moves matter. We all realize this...
...before considering the defense's motions to dismiss, Judge Francis J. W. Ford, 82, ruled that the legality of the Vietnam war is not an issue in the case...
...first the symbolic reality of the pennant was enough for the 30,000 faithful. The appropriate dignataries said the appropriate things, Commissioner Eckert made some awards to the most fulfilled of the Red Sox dreamers, a Vietnam veteran threw out the first ball to Howard, who caught...