Word: tactlessness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bipartisan Uproar. Mitchell apparently believed that he had been more than reasonably patient. Nevertheless the announcement, and the tactless manner in which it was handled, caused a bipartisan uproar. Only a few hours after Morgenthau received the letter asking for his resignation, the Administration named Whitney North Seymour Jr., a capable New York lawyer and former assistant U.S. attorney, as his successor. The net effect may be to force Seymour to wait until Morgenthau quits or until his term expires...
What seems to be happening is that, more and more, the American black is reaching out for new and less violent tools to achieve his aims. This does not mean that a restless teen-ager with rock or rifle or a tactless and brutal policeman cannot still ignite a mob in any ghetto. But rioting is no longer the black community's instant, reflex response. Through a new alchemy of awareness, the word has passed on what Malcolm X called "the wire," the black grapevine: "Cool it." The internal sanctions of the ghetto now work against spontaneous combustion...
...meeting yesterday, a willingness to act on important issues behind the strike. It approved a resolution whose effect will be to abolish ROTC, and in so doing has properly transferred responsibility for this matter back to the Corporation. On the question of a black studies program, the astounding tactless decision to defer a vote on Afro's demands until next week should not obscure the Faculty's approval of the spirit of those demands. Tuesday's meeting is likely to approve the Afro position--unless classroom fracases have by then rendered the Faculty unwilling to consider anything...
Columbia has a history of tactless expansionism and insularity in its dealings with the Morningside Heights community which surrounds it. A majority of the Faculty have voted that the immediate target of the protestors' anger, a gym under construction in Morningside Park, should not be built--at least until community leaders are given a chance to confer on an alternate site. The temporary halt in construction may well become permanent...
Most students are not content with the present hours; they have been saying so; and they'll continue to say so until the hours are extended. The committee on Houses should reconsider its needlessly tactless refusal to review the present setup, and should follow the HUC's proposal for midnight hours...