Word: objecting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...characteristic of the proposal is that neither radicals nor conservatives like it. Radicals (those who believe the educational system needs to be overhauled) object that Special Concentrations is such a minor change that it threatens to act as a concession which preserves a wholly inadequate system. Conservatives object that the program will increase the Faculty's advising responsibilities and require reallotment of some educational resources...
...Winston Churchill when he returned to power in 1951 after six years of Labor rule. The new budget eliminates funds for the nationalization of the ports, halts grants for industry and the building of tourist hotels and will begin phasing out aid for London commuter rail lines. "Our object," explained Barber, "is to widen the area within which industry rather than government will take decisions...
...Webber, the son of a composer, is an articulate champion of all kinds of music who grew up on Bill Haley but customarily recommends Stravinsky's taut, granitic Symphony in Three Movements "as an object lesson to any rock band that wants to play with precision and tight sound." Rice, 25, attended Lancing College, then spent two years working toward a career in law. Together they have fashioned a clever, youthful blend of skepticism and romantic questioning. Early on, Judas reflects on Christ...
...Others Object...
...Halsy (Robert Redford) is a full-time motorcycle rider, ego-tripper and ladysmith. But the steatopygous girls who follow him are, as he admits, "gland cases" and "hurting whores." Between race-track rack-ups and sexual hang-ups, the film is crowded with subject-but barren of object. It is impossible to hide what never existed; nonetheless Director Sidney Furie seems to be attempting an existential comedy. Local color is dabbed in by the numbers. Maw (Lucille Benson) is comic-strip Steinbeck; Paw (Noah Beery Jr.) sells portable potties which he describes as p.p.s. Fauss is constantly taking ludicrous spills...