Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...group of Harvard and Radcliffe students met last night to formulate a petition in support of the United Farm Workers' lettuce boycott. According to Charlotte Ryan '71, "If a majority of the students sign the petition, Harvard Food Services may agree to stop buying non-union lettuce...
...group also agreed to organize Harvard and Radcliffe picketing and leafleting in support of the United Farm Workers' strike. A steering committee will be set up next week to coordinate these activities...
...criminal robber, and he has apparently chosen the former. If his self-characterization as a radical is genuine, there is some question over why he waited until after what police allege was his fourth robbery before declaring his politics. The decision appears pragmatic, designed to elicit the most support and admiration for himself now that his bank robbing days are over...
...been moving in two directions at once. Despite their growing opposition to the use of American arms in Viet Nam, they have come to accept violence when used by "oppressed peoples." Thus the grants should have come as no surprise. Last year a W.C.C. sponsored conference urged churches to support revolutions when they are the last resort in fighting tyranny...
...W.C.C. is now guilty of aiding violent groups, the South African Methodist Dimension observed, then that nation's whites "must stand under similar condemnation for implicitly supporting daily acts of violence" against blacks. Nevertheless, the W.C.C.'s token donation of cash lends moral respectability to terrorism. This, in turn, could further erode support for the W.C.C...