Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prevented from being patriots and from taking part in the fight against "communist states and international terrorism"? Obviously not. They can engage in a consulting relation with the CIA or other government agencies--as long as it is not clandestine. They can even, if they chose to do so, accept CIA funding for their academic work--as long as it is disclosed. Pre-publication censorship, however, raises issues Professor Herf brushes under the rug: how does he know that the "pre-publication clause" is only "designed to ensure that no classified material is revealed?" Professor Joseph Nye recently reported (Boston...
Today all nine exclusive all-male clubs--as well as the Hasty Pudding, the Pi ETA, and the Signet--accept members from all classes except the freshmen class. The Harvard Lampoon selects its membership from all four classes...
...everyone would accept that assertion. Indeed, the fair has been controversial from the start. Critics charge that the $1 billion investment would have been better spent elsewhere, or perhaps not at all. Many Canadians are also alarmed because the fair is expected to run up a $225 million deficit. Says Lewis Booth, an insurance agent in Vancouver: "At the end of the fair, we'll find we're all in hock up to our ears...
...University of Michigan, which has divested of all South Africa-related stock, last week refused to grant an honorary degree to imprisoned South African activist Nelson Mandela because university by-laws stipulate that recipients must accept the award in person, The Michigan Daily reported...
Marx noted that funding would be a problem since the new college would be a prohibitively expensive project. If the program were instituted, according to the report, the college would accept approximately 150 students for the combined "Bachelor of Science and the Arts" degree...