Word: dissent
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...upper-class families, which is not only grossly unfair but unfortunate in that it is conducive to greater uniformity within the University. Scholarships are to be awarded by the various departments on a "merit" basis, which can only lead to a suppression of academic (not to mention political) dissent, as students race with each other to please the appropriate members of the Faculty. There will be no aid beyond the fifth year, which means that teaching fellows will be less interested in undergraduates and more concerned with getting their own work completed in time...
Kaiser also agrees with Steiner that German literature is in an era of creative ferment, partly because of the country's tradition of being open to influences from the East. On the other hand, he is skeptical of Russia's growing body of literature of dissent. "One shouldn't forget that everything that came from Prague in 1968 was, for purely political motives, a bit overestimated. One closed both eyes and found it a bit better than it was. This might also be the case with Solzhenitsyn today...
...discriminate against pamphleteers, maybe the way to save the privilege is not to limit it at all. We might simply be prepared to forego the testimony of those criminals who bothered to establish "sham" newspapers. This seems to be the position taken by Justice William O. Douglas in his dissent in the Caldwell case...
...primary medium used by the movement, the demonstration itself is a phenomenon worthy of investigation. Marching in a rally has a symbolic significance which marks dissent, but does not entail an excess of commitment. One gains a sense of solidarity and unified power while protesting among ranks of thousands of other protestors. It is dissidence, but a safe dissidence...
...getting a kind of fallout from the general prosperity of Western Europe, which has increased the nation's tourist revenues and the remittances sent home by Greeks working abroad. The Papadopoulos government has persuaded Greeks to put the money to work within their own country, partly by dampening dissent-Greek businessmen need not fear strikes-and partly by promotional schemes, including a campaign to get Greeks to invest their savings in the local stock market. A building boom has followed, and tens of thousands of Greeks have begun returning from West Germany, Canada and the U.S. to cash...