Word: actually
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what you stated to be one of the most common sexual fantasies of American women-the gentle rape [Feb. 18]. I wish you had at least added that a woman daydreaming of such a forced sex act is in control of her fantasy, and therefore suffers no threat of actual danger. Not so in real life, no matter how "gentle" the rapist...
...actual negotiating will be done by Cambridge's Community Development Department. A source there said last week that Harvard can expect some "friendly persuasion. It won't help their public relations any to get in a battle with the city," the source said...
Despite the new frugal spirit on Capitol Hill, Congress may still blink when it comes to actual budget reductions. Senators and Congressmen have long records of willingness to cut every program -except ones that affect them or their districts. The result is lots of spending and few cuts. But if inflation is ever to be controlled, Congress must be willing to reduce even its sacred pork-barrel programs...
...wonder, then, that registration--and the actual draft it makes possible--helps allay the voters' fear of weakness, and spreads a halo of potency around the same armed forces we've had for almost a decade. The symbol Carter invoked in his State of the Union speech can mesmerize Americans easily enough. But it will not show the Soviet Union determination or anything else unless it represents a substantial military advantage. It will have to be as handy a weapon in whatever struggle Carter anticipates with Russia as it's been in the battles in Iowa and New Hampshire...
...Gulf, a floating contingent of Marines, increased aid to friends and more of everything to follow-all this makes an unmistakable footprint over there. Draft registration, talk of war, so deplored by some, are nevertheless a measure of seriousness. The Olympic boycott, which eventually may not win very many actual backers among other nations, has elevated concern about Soviet aggression in almost every part of the world. New courage to speak out is manifest in many countries because the U.S. has held steady this time. A unity born of crisis is enhancing, be it ever so slightly, American prestige...