Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw's classic, century-old definition, conspiracy is "a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means." The concept of criminal conspiracy is rooted deep in common law; its philosophical underpinning is the premise that two or more men working together are a greater danger to society than an individual plotting alone. Today conspiracy by itself is a crime under federal law and in virtually every state. Ordinarily...
...distrust our organization, remain skeptical of its rhetoric of generosity. They read, for example, that we are part of an Alliance for Progress that they have begun to regard as a State Department gimmick. They see us working side by side with other officials of the US government to accomplish programs, which are in the view of many Latins, part of the US' world wide struggle against Communism, not a genuine desire to help poor nations...
...shun the spotlight or deserve it more than Author Grant Gilmore, 57. In a profession uncommonly full of intelligent men, the University of Chicago law professor draws an embarrassment of praise from normally reserved colleagues. His sweeping scholarship allows him to "accomplish the impossible," says New York University's Lawrence King, while Stefan Riesenfeld of the University of California praises his writing style, which "makes study a pleasure instead of a chore." One of Gilmore's students calls him "the most popular classroom professor at the law school"; another thinks that he has "the most brilliant mind." Friend...
...senior Senator from Minnesota-and even that may be in question. Immediately after last week's announcement, party leaders in McCarthy's and Hubert Humphrey's home state declared themselves foursquare behind Lyndon Johnson. McCarthy himself is not exactly sure of what he is trying to accomplish-except to restore intelligent discussion to the dissenters' camp, to give them a voice and a vote...
Mark R. Dyen '70, a co-chairman of SDS, supported Goodin's action, but doubted if most PBH projects had equal power to force change. He said, "PBH does not have a power base outside of the established institutions and no organization can accomplish serious change working within the system." Jeffrey P. Howard '69, president of Afro, took the same position as Dyen...