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Word: action (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter's defusing action on the Cuban crisis reminds me of the gent who, finding the milkman in bed with his wife, ran outside and kicked the milkman's horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 5, 1979 | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Leonard Blocksberg, professor of social work, received a similar letter, but sources said the action against him was unrelated to the letters sent to the other five professors. Blocksberg yesterday declined to say why the administration was taking action against...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: B.U. Takes Steps to Fire or Suspend Six Activist Professors With Tenure | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

...didn't want to cross the picket lines and I didn't want my students to have to cross the picket lines," Dibner said, adding that his action was a matter of conscience...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: B.U. Takes Steps to Fire or Suspend Six Activist Professors With Tenure | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

Edward L. Keenan '57, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and then member of a committee on the admissions and financial aid aspects of the merger, did not believe in hasty Faculty action either. He advised that all decisions on future relationships between Harvard and Radcliffe "be deferred until all considerations pro and con from both communities have been heard." Bunting also opposed the Faculty making a decisive statement on the merger. "It would be premature for this Faculty to take any action at this time that would limit the options," she warned...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Merger? What Merger? | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

Comparing her country to the U.S., Suzman says "South Africa has got to get back to Square One," an open society without compulsory segregation or integration, before any affirmative action programs can be implemented. "We can't even anticipate something like busing--it's a hopeless proposition at this stage...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: Students' Protests Surprise Suzman | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

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