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...Harvard, which was home to many a student takeover in the late '60s, anti-war sentiment of the Persian Gulf genre first reared its head this week. On Thursday and Friday, the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) sponsored a teach-in at the Science Center and attracted respectable crowds...
Although organizers say they have high hopes for a strong turnout, they recognize that anti-war sentiment is still not very solid. And that realization has at least a few Harvard activists worried about the future...
...addition, the draft played a key role in turning college students against the Vietnam War. Despite all the hype over leftist ideologies, most historians agree that only the end of college draft exemptions drove anti-war sentiment from the political fringes to the campus mainstream...
Such nuances in the public mood went unheard in the shouting of naysayers. Said Linda DiVall, a Republican pollster: "The members in opposition are in sync with what their constituents think." First to exploit this sentiment on the right was Newt Gingrich of Georgia, long a spokesman for Republicans still enthralled with Reaganomics. He temporarily relinquished his post as House Republican whip to lead a crusade against the tax increases at the heart of the measure. "This budget package with its higher taxes will deepen the recession and increase the number of unemployed," he said. Gingrich urged a freeze...
...think there's a heavy sentiment leaningtoward Weld," said Cooper. "I've only talked toone person at Harvard who's voting for Silber, andthat person was a Republican...