First In His Class (91 page)

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“for the war”: Int. Bill Clinton, August 6, 1992.

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It was difficult to work: Ints. Norvill Jones, May 12, 1993, and Lee Williams, May 12, 1993.

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Clinton and Dozier: Int. Phil Dozier, June 22, 1993.

87
If Campbell carried: Int. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993.

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One Saturday morning: Int. Lyda Holt, June 8, 1993, and letter to Edith Cassidy, Oct. 11, 1966.

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“Last week Frank Holt”: Letter to Edith Cassidy, Feb. 6, 1967.

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They headed back to school: Ints. Denise Hyland May 14, 1993, and Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993.

88
“My grades for the first semester”: Letter to Edith Cassidy, Feb. 6, 1967.

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Matter realized: Int. David Matter, Feb. 5, 1993.

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His obsession was so great: Int. Terry Modglin, Feb. 18, 1993.

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“A Realistic Approach”: Copy of Clinton platform saved by Denise Hyland.

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“He wanted to co-opt the management”: Int. Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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“Bill never wanted to say”. Int. Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993.

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He struck an alliance: Int. Terry Modglin, Feb. 18, 1993.

90
Clinton's allies worked tirelessly: Ints. Denise Hyland, March 4, 1993, and Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993.

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“The Spirit of '67”:
The Hoya
, March 16, 1967.

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The second episode: Ints. David Matter, Feb. 5, 1967, and John Dagnon, Feb. 26, 1993.

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The election was on a Friday: The account of this election night is based on interviews with Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993; Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993; Terry Modglin, Feb. 18, 1993; David Matter, Feb. 5, 1993; Denise Hyland, March 4, 1993; and Lyda Holt, June 8, 1993. Also
The Hoya
, March 13-16, 1967.

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“Roger, your neck”: Ints. Virginia Kelley, Jan. 13, 1992, July 12, 1993.

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Bill visited Roger Clinton: Int. Denise Hyland, May 14, 1993.

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Lyda Holt visited: Int. Lyda Holt, June 8, 1993.

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“I know I have never”:
Leading
, p. 165.

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“Daddy has been so sick”: Letter to Denise Hyland, 1967.

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he and Tommy Caplan: Int. Tom Caplan, Oct. 3, 1994. Letter to Denise Hyland, June 1967.

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The binge left Clinton wallowing: Letter to Denise Hyland, June 1967.

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It was a summer of uncertainty: Letter to Denise Hyland, July 29, 1967.

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Clinton was assigned a rather odd diversion: Int. Sharon Ann Evans, June 9, 1993. Letter to Denise Hyland, August 31, 1967.

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He stayed that summer: Int. Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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Duke Watts was about to leave: Int. Duke Watts, May 6, 1993.

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The five young men: Int. Tom Caplan, Feb. 27, 1993. 96 Allen Ginsberg:
The Hoya
, Feb. 29, 1968.

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It was an elegant affair: Ints. Tom Caplan, Feb. 27, 1993; Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993; and Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

97
Robert Lowell's “October and November”: Robert Lowell,
Notebook 1967-68
, p. 27.

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Clinton shared the conviction: Ints. Bill Clinton, Aug. 6, 1992, and Lee Williams, May 12, 1993.

97
“To criticize one's country”: Fulbright, J. William,
Arrogance
.

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“Sometimes he'd bring a friend”: Int. David Pryor, June 29, 1993.

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His closest friend at work: Int. Bertie Bowman, May 26, 1993.

98
His friends would plan: Int. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993.

99
Clinton not only informed Lowe: Int. Rudiger Lowe, April 8, 1993.

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Every morning that November: Int. Virginia Kelley, Jan. 13, 1992.

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“somewhere deep down inside”: Ints. Bill Clinton, Jan. 20, 1992, and Virginia Kelley, Jan. 13, 1992, July 12, 1993.

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Roger looked pitiful: The account of Roger Clinton's death is drawn from interviews with , June 9, 1993; Virginia Kelley, Jan. 13, 1992, and July 12, 1993. Also
Leading
pp. 169-70.

100
The notion that Bill Clinton: Int. Tom Campbell, Feb. 2, 1993.

101
George Butte in the Southwest: Ints George Butte, Feb. 24, 1993, and Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.

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The interview process: Ints. Darryl Gless, March 10, 1993; Strobe Talbott, April 19, 1993
; Mike Shea, April 6, 1993; Keith Marshall, Feb. 2, 1993; and Daniel Singer, March 5, 1993.

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Good fortune came to Bill Clinton: Ints. Tom Ward, June 18, 1993, and Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993.

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At the South regional: Ints. Keith Marshall, Feb. 2, 1993; Walter Pratt, April 28, 1993, and Paul Parish, Oct. 23, 1993.

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Some young men: Ints. Walter Pratt, April 28, 1993; Robert Reich, April 15, 1993; and William Fletcher, Nov. 23, 1993.

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Sobbing, he spoke lovingly: Int. Keith Marshall, Feb. 2, 1993.

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He finally called: Int. Virginia Kelley, Jan. 13, 1992.

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The house on Potomac: Ints. Tom Caplan, Feb. 27, 1993, and Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993.

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Supper at the kitchen table: Int. Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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He chided Tom Campbell: Ints. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993; Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993; and Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993

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On the war in Vietnam: Ints. Jim Moore, Oct. 20, 1992, and Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993.

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Two weeks after Tet:
WP
, Feb. 17, 1968, p. 1.

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now it came up constantly: Ints. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993; Kit Ashby, Jan. 20, 1993; Tom Caplan, Feb. 27, 1993; and Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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He often spoke of a high school friend: Int. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993.

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In a paper he had written: Clinton describes the paper in a letter to Colonel Holmes, Dec. 3, 1969.

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On the first day of March: Ints. Tom Campbell, Jan. 22, 1993, and Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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Within two weeks:
Facts on File
, March 14-20, 1968.

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“a sort of never-never-land”: Int. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993.

108
One Sunday morning: Ints. Carolyn Yeldell Staley, Jan. 14, 1992, and June 8, 1993.

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A few days later: Int. Phil Jamison, Feb. 21, 1993.

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Early on morning of June 5:
WP
, June 6, 1968.

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Another senior, who had just: Int. John Dagnon, Feb. 26, 1993.

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Tommy Caplan learned the news: Int. Tom Caplan, Feb. 27, 1993.

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The following day: The account of the 1968 Georgetown graduation is drawn from interviews with Kit Ashby, Jan. 20. 1993; Tom Campbell, Jan. 22, 1993; Tom Caplan, Feb. 27, 1993; Dave Kammer Feb. 6, 1993; David Matter, Feb. 5, 1993; and Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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But one member of the class Int. Jim Moore, Feb. 2. 1993.

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Clinton and Moore used Little Rock: Int. Jim Moore, Feb. 2, 1993.

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Clinton went to work full time: Ints. Lee Williams, May 14, 1993, and Jim McDougal, April 23, 1993.

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“Lately I have returned”: Letter to Denise Hyland, August 1968.

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The Frays had known Clinton: Ints. Paul and Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1993.

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Late in the summer: Ints. Tom Campbell, Feb. 3, 1993, and Sharon Ann Evans, July 13, 1993.

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Clinton was a cool customer: Ints. Carolyn Yeldell Staley, July 12, 1993, and , July 13, 1993.

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“From then on Sharon”: Int. Carolyn Yeldell Staley,July 12, 1993.

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“The woman I marry”:
Ibid.

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When they reached Hot Springs: Int. Phil Jamison, Feb. 21, 1993.

118
Raymond Clinton took it upon himself: Int. Henry Britt, July 14, 1993.
Los Angeles Times
reporter William C. Rempel was the first to present an account of Raymond Clinton's efforts, Sept. 2, 1992.

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He belonged to the local chapter: Int. Henry Britt, July 14, 1993.

118
They were unlikely associates: Ints. Henry Britt, July 14, 1993, and Ray Smith, Jr., April 25, 1994.

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Raymond paid a visit: Int. Henry Britt, July 14, 1993.

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The first relief. Int. Henry Britt, July 14, 1993.
L.A. Times
, Sept. 2, 1992.

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Britt called draft board:
Ibid.

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The draft board in Alameda: Int. Tom Williamson, April 15, 1993.

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they strung a banner: Int. Darryl Gless, March 10, 1993.

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Dartmouth scholar John lsaacson: Int. John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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University of Iowa scholar: Int. Mike Shea, April 6, 1993.

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Paul Parish's mother: Int. Paul Parish, Oct. 23-25, 1993.

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He cut a deal: Int. Willie Fletcher, Nov. 23, 1993.

120
Vanderbilt's Walter Pratt: Int. Walter Pratt, April 28, 1993.

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Clinton was less certain: Int. Denise Hyland, May 14, 1993. Letter to Denise Hyland, September 1968.

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He arrived wearing a gray suit: Int. Denise Hyland, May 14, 1993.

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She was known as “The Big U”: Kludas, Arnold,
Great Passenger Ships
, p. 52;
S.S. United States
, p. 15.

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“Anybody know what this song?”: lnts. Keith Marshall, Feb. 2, 1992, and Paul Parish, Oct. 23, 1993.

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“felt like an outsider”: Int. George Butte, Feb. 24, 1993.

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“something of the provincial”: Int. Darryl Gless, March 10, 1993.

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“overwhelmed by the intellectual”: Int. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.

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“At that age”: Int. John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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Clinton was different: lnts. George Butte, Feb. 24, 1993; Darryl Gless, March 10, 1993; Strobe Talbott, April 19, 1993; Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993; and Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993.

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The first day at sea: Int. George Butte, Feb. 24, 1993.

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“What a relief.” Int. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.

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stunted by Fairbanks Disease: Int. Robert Reich, Sept. 16, 1994.

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“you put his size aside”: Int. Tom Williamson, April 15, 1993.

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“He was a cartoonist”: Int. John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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They were quite a pair: lnts. John Isaacson, March 5, 1993, and Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.

125
Time
magazine cover story:
Time
, June 7, 1968.

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By the second morning: lnts. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993; George Butte, Feb. 24, 1993; Daniel Singer, March 5, 1993; and Darryl Gless, March 10,1993. Also,
American Oxonian
(October 1978).

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“It's wrong for me to be scared”: Clinton radio interview by Christopher Matthews, May 29, 1993, simulcast on KCBS Newsradio, San Francisco. 126 “A lot of us”: Int.Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993.

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“all the boys were scared:” Int. Hannah Achtenberg, June 1, 1993.

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Talbott was the cautious: Int. Strobe Talbott, June 2, 1993. Also Talbott Class Day Speech, Yale University, 1987, reprinted in
Yale Alumni Magazine
(Summer 1987).

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“Reich saw nothing but forests”: Int. John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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He and his best friend: Int. Derek Shearer, Jan. 5, 1994.

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“Many of us simply”: Strobe Talbott Class Day Speech, June 1968.

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“The whole scene was bizarre”: Int. John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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“raw political talent”: lnts. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993, and Strobe Talbott, June 2, 1993.

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“Look at him!”: Int. Darryl Gless, March 10, 1993.

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Singer lost the caravan: Int. Daniel Singer, March 5, 1993.

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Four of them: Ints. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993, and Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993.

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“They told me”: lnts. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993, and John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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He had a sitting room: Int. Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993.

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Every morning during his first week: lnts. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993; Doug Eakeley, December 1993; and Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993.

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“Sore and exhilarated”: Bill Clinton interview by John Pagan, Merton College Postmaster, 1992.

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“We were suddenly within ruins!”: Int. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.

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It turned out that this boast: John R. Thackrah, The
University and Colleges at Oxford
, pp. 67-69.

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“I am happy if lonely”: Letter to Denise Hyland, Oct. 14, 1968.

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America seemed very far away: lnts. Robert Reich, April 15, 1993, and John Isaacson, March 5, 1993. Also Aldon D. Bell,
London Impressions
, and
The American Oxonian
(1968).

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“the wind that blows”: From Peter Snow,
Oxford Observed
, p. 10.

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“our cities were burning”: Int. Tom Williamson, May 26, 1993.

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“always the character”: Int. Doug Paschal, March 3, 1994.

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The cultural gap: lnts. George Butte, Feb. 24, 1993; Tom Williamson, May 26, 1993; and John Isaacson, March 5, 1993.

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“People were starting:” Int. Nick Browne, April 16, 1993.

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“We knew about the barricades”: Int. Wilf Stevenson, March 29, 1993.

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The protests at Oxford: Martin Amis,
My Oxford
, p. 206; Report of the Committee on Relations with Junior Members, Appendix A: Student Radicalism in Oxford, May 1969.