Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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From breakfast until dusk the Tocsin group will walk, carrying sign, wearing arm-bands of blue. At Harvard especially, such walking is odd. But Tocsin knows it is, and because their goal is good, the group is willing to walk that thin line.
The problem of diverting our energies to the wretched of the world, however, is one for political leadership more than scientific know-how. We cannot adopt the means used by, say, the Soviet government to coerce its people into sacrificing for their children's world without accepting more of its...
One of the mysteries of the recent campaign was the extent to which Kennedy was telling us that we were going to have to sacrifice. We were never sure exactly what he was asking or why. And until the issue is put before the electorate by a politician, there will...
In order to gain attention, do the odd. This is an old and, for intellectuals, a disturbing rule of politics. Even for good reasons, doing the odd means walking a thin line between ridicule and admiration.
Already students are showing admiration and support. Over 600, reportedly, will wear arm-bands from breakfast on, and others, surely will don them later. The walk, however, is just a device for gaining attention, and the real business will be done in the evening, 8 p.m. at Quincy House, when...