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...shielded from other opinions. Again, Contra atrocites exist not in my political opinion but in reality; this is an objective fact with ample documentation. I admit that some may think it is arrogant for me to assume I know what's right and wrong; nevertheless, I will venture to assert that the Contras' behavior is objectively wrong and no moral subjectivism can justify passively accepting...
...officials assert that their health care is among the best in the country and that most student complaints are only directed towards one of the services which UHS offers...
...originally had their degrees in sociology, psychology, history, political science, anthropology, literature and other fields. They have focused on one part of their discipline, such as "women in literature" just as a biologist may specialize in genetics. They gain further insight through interdisciplinary approaches. Unless Mr. Wise wishes to assert that the above mentioned academic fields are invalid or that interdisciplinary approaches, such as the Social Studies concentration here at Harvard, are academically invalid he has no basis to assert that women's studies are academically invalid...
...naval power was massed in the Mediterranean and poised to cross the imaginary "line of death" proclaimed by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as marking his nation's territorial waters in the Gulf of Sidra. Once again, a senior U.S. Navy official insisted that "it is not provocative to assert internationally accepted rights" at sea. And once again no one took seriously the pro forma U.S. assertions that the naval exercises were routine. "Tommyrot!" scoffed a Pentagon source. "Of course we're aching for a go at Gaddafi." Agreed a senior White House aide: "If he sticks his head...
...goal is especially inapplicable to the academic disciplines it targets, the social sciences. The social sciences occupy a hazy realm of interpretation and bias. The verifiable accuracy demanded by AIA is as foreign to the social sciences as subjective interpretation is to basic algebra. We can assert--to take a nice, safe example--that Marx formulated his theories in the mid-nineteenth century; but beyond that, we can say little without provoking objections from a dozen different academic factions with far better credentials than those...