Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Watching Cavett's show is not always easy. It takes a certain amount of concentration to watch anyone speak for twenty minutes-especially on television, which is not geared for unbroken action or conversation (as Carson must well know). Most people who twirl the midnight dial are probably looking for an easier-to-watch show like Carson's before dozing...
Many of the students know ideally what they want: "a broad-minded state, tolerant, and progressive," as one student described it to me. They generally know what they do not want: "Stalinist monotheism and mythology in our political life...
...world. But there is really no philosophy to guide the students. Marx and Lenin are not sufficient, and Marcuse does not quite fit. Students are beginning to say that their brand of socialism is at a "crucial point of synthesis," but they don't seem to know where...
Understandably, there is no anti-draft movement in Yugoslavia, as in the United States. The students do see their eleven-month military obligation as a nuisance or a waste, but they go without question. Many of them, I suppose, would be against killing. But the only war they know would be in defense against an outside aggressor...
...last check to student revolt may be that same sense of "hard-headed realism." The youth and wider population know the Soviet Union has often considered neutralizing Yugoslavia. Their country was not very far from Hungary in 1956. The attack on Cze-hoslovakia further heightened their awareness and military preparedness. Student leaders understand that excessively violent and successful demonstrations may provide sufficient excuse for invasion...