Word: asserting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Viet Nam feeling of military impotence. By 58% to 32%, those polled said the invasion was in the best interests of the nation. Fully 64% of those who favored the action cited as the reason for their approval the simple feeling that it was "important for the nation to assert itself...
Although Harvard has made a concerted policy to comply with federal affirmative action standards, this commitment seems not to have borne fruit. Officials assert that they are up against new and more stringent barriers in their recruitment of minority and female candidates for tenured and managerial positions. They note that star-systems at other universities make minority and female candidates harder to woo, and point to career trends moving consistently away from education. Unfortunately, these problems have fostered a kind of complacency in many parts of the University with many officials feeling that the times justify a lack of effort...
...residents are quick to assert that Paine's relationship with the Dudley buildings does not represent a precedent for guests at other Harvard Houses...
...organizers assert, all the planning for the 100th game has been done in an effort to avoid overshadowing The Game itself...
...resolution that would apply the War Powers Act to the troops on the island and require that they be withdrawn in 60 days unless an extension is granted. Since Reagan announced last week that the withdrawal was already beginning, the vote was motivated mainly by a desire to assert Congress's disputed authority under the War Powers Act rather than actually to direct Administration policy. Far more indicative of Congress's attitude was the favorable action taken on the fiscal 1984 defense budget. The House followed the Senate and by a close vote (217 to 208) approved funds...