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Calling for "the humanization of the work pattern," Steinem said, "The idea that masculinity depends on the subjugation of other people has gotten us in almost as much trouble here as in Vietnam...
...People seemed to genuinely like each other more then," Levine continued, "and seemed to place a lot more importance on their personal lives than they do today. Now we've gotten all fouled up with achievement and competition, and the personal values have fallen behind...
There was plenty of talking when the tribes gathered in Washington again, but unlike Finley, who was booed off the podium, most of the people there thought it was important. It's gotten to be kind of a regular thing: every six months or so, a bunch of anti-war types get together to plan the spring offensive against the war, or the fall offensive against the war. They come and talk about the new horrors of the war, and renew acquaintances with other activists they haven't seen since the last conference. And then they go home to mobilize...
...direction of The Homecoming is exceptionally good. David Keyser has gotten his actors into character, their accents polished and their presence refined. He has a solid idea of how The Homecoming should be played, communicating Pinter's basic idea summed up in Max's advice to his third son, the would-be boxer: "What you've got to do is defend yourself, then you've got to learn how to attack ... once you've learned those two things, you can go straight...
...Mitchell Doctrine was revealed to the world in 1969, when defense attorneys for the Chicago 8 requested that the government reveal how much evidence it had gotten in the case by means of wiretapping. Attorney General Mitchell responded by submitting a lengthy memorandum to Judge Hoffman in which he argued that the government was entitled to bug any person intending to "attack and subvert the government by unlawful means"-without obtaining a warrant. In such cases, the need to protect the national security was of greater importance than the Fourth Amendment's general requirement that the government obtain a warrant...