Word: white
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...outdone on a politically ripe issue, Senators and Representatives promised congressional investigations of campus disorders. The predominantly white Students for a Democratic Society, which has spearheaded many of the campus upheavals, bore the brunt of the Senate attack. Colorado Senator Gordon Allott accused the S.D.S. of a "national conspiracy" to destroy the "peace and dignity of the academic communities." At the Republican Governors conference in Lexington, Ky., House Minority Leader Gerald Ford raised the threat of economic penalties for universities that did not keep order. "If the institutions are not used for the prime purpose of giving higher education...
Despite the agitation by S.D.S. and such issues as the Viet Nam war, campus ROTC and secret military research, all of which arouse white students, a large proportion of campus disorders now involve black students, or at least black causes. Some college administrators have grave doubts about the validity of the courses and policies demanded by black students, but many have rushed to introduce Afro-American studies and degrees and set up separate black dormitories and student centers in the hope of avoiding unnecessary confrontations...
...reunion of the jazz giants, nor were they stompin' at the Savoy. The man tinkling out Happy Birthday on the piano-with authority-was none other than a fellow named Dick Nixon, President of the U.S. "I've never seen the place like this," exclaimed a venerable White House butler as he distributed glasses of champagne from a silver tray. "It sure has lots of soul tonight...
...other basketball news, Boston Mayor Kevin White proclaimed today "Boston Celtics Day" in the city...
...relation to the man today. Wolfe's features are those of one much older, an adult, in fact. They are sharply delineated as if fine pencil lines have been added to what had previously existed only as a rather rough cartoon. His hands are pale, they melt into his white suit. If it were not for his relaxed gestures, they might look like those of Uriah Heep. Although his hair--almost red--is moderately long, it too is very fine, almost thin. Wolfe's humor is casual, often offered only tentatively, yet with a certain understated assurance that it will...