Word: womack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John Womack, Jr., professor of History, said yesterday the establishment of the Rapid Deployment Force, one of the military measures Carter described in his address would be "extremely difficult" without more cooperation from Latin American nations than the United States has received in the past...
Perhaps one key to Krueger's success is his unctuous style. He has never been much of a hell-raiser. John Womack '59, professor of History, who was with him at Oxford, recalls that Krueger "kept very clean, never swore, never complained, never raised his voice, kept to his room and his studies, said hello pleasantly, and fairly radiated that he wanted no trouble. If the rest of us got drunk and let the cows into the Master's garden, to eat his roses and tramp his poppies, Krueger hid for a week in the library...
Social thought currently suffers from overspecialization, according to Womack. "Everyone is up their own alley without seeing that the world is more than a collection of single alleys," he said...
...Womack claims this specialization makes Marxism especially neccessary. "Marxism is the soundest perspective which gives us a grip on the world as a whole," he said...
...However, Womack cautioned that Marxism itself currently suffers due to lack of purpose. "If Marxism can't change the world, then the whole idea is wrong, and it will go the way of belief in the divine right of kings," he said...