Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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SYSTEMS of justice are being attacked throughout the world. They reflect the uneasy temper of the times that stir and shake the mind and spirit. This is an era we will not fully understand until it is over, but meanwhile we must cope with events, with a seeming weakening of some institutions and attacks on institutions. Of immediate relevance to us as lawyers is that gnawing doubt whether our system of justice, especially criminal justice, is sturdy enough to withstand the assaults which are leveled at it. Some say we must "crack down," that we must "smash" the challengers...
...spirit of Selma, Birmingham and Montgomery was alive and marching again in the South. With an outward joy that failed to conceal their inner anger, blacks were singing, praying and chanting together in a common cry for social justice. Though relatively quiet for nearly two years, they have all along resented the shift of the nation's protest from civil rights to the war and the environment. But the Nixon Administration's Southern strategy, accenting law and order and a slowdown on school integration, rankled deeply. Then came armed peace officers blasting away with guns at Kent State...
...judgment, the management of General Motors did not display this spirit in its response to the two proposals offered by Campaign G.M. We recognize that these proposals are, from management's viewpoint, unwieldy and impractical. Because of these inadequacies we are prepared, this time, to sign our proxy as requested by management...
Still, the student movement could win some victories. It may be vital that it does, for the new spirit of moderation is drawn from a diminishing fund of patience. "If this working through the system doesn't work," says Brandeis University Student David Guc, "then who knows what the next step will be? This is sort of a last chance...
...rest of the team? Well, let's see, says Sinden, "they've got courage, spirit, harmony, talent, size, youth." Sinden has every right to be effusive. Since taking over the Bruins four years ago, he and General Manager Milt Schmidt have built a budding Boston dynasty. At 22, Orr is just one of a phalanx of young skaters with their best playing years still ahead of them. The flamboyant, mop-topped Sanderson, for example, at 23, is already one of the best centers in the league. He spells Phil Esposito, 28, who set two play-off records this...