Word: avoiding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...toaddress at a very basic level the question ofpower," says Nkondo, the author of banned bookcritical of the apartheid education system. Nkondoargues that the internship program will do nothingbut bolster the Pretoria government. He points tothe fact that for Harvard to help the majority ofBlacks and thereby avoid elitism, it will have towork within the structure of the racist regime inhomelands and townships...
...light of this week's referendum on divestment, there is simply no excuse for the Undergraduate Council to avoid playing a role in debate on the issue. The council has asked students what they think. That's great. But if the council is to ignore the results of its referendum, what is it ever supposed...
What is at issue here is not the fundamental business of the Undergraduate Council but rather a wimpy attempt to avoid controversial issues. A neutered, "apolitical" council would by no means be a representative body concerned with furthering student interests. It would reduce the council to its worst aspect: a popularity contest, a game in which members aspire to become self-important petty bureaucrats. Perhaps this is an accurate description of what some council members do. But is it really what they ought to be doing...
...blank is the tantamount to voting no. In order for the Council to represent the views of students, the second question needs 50 percent of the ballots cast. Not voting will tell the Council not to take a stand on divestment. By leaving the question blank one does not avoid taking a stand on whether the Undergraduate Council should address political issues. Question two may be subject to a variety of interpretations, but it can not be glibly avoided. The majority position would, indeed, "hoodwink" students into making a disastrous decision about the Council's role in the debate over...
...week's end Gaddafi headed into the gulf aboard a missile-carrying patrol boat, boasting that he would sail to "the line of death, where we will stand and fight." Despite such tough talk, Gaddafi has actually been scrambling to avoid a confrontation. His intermediaries last week offered Italy a secret pledge not to harbor terrorists. (It was rejected; Italy wants a public promise.) "Our impression is that Gaddafi is scared," said an Italian official. The pressure on the Libyan dictator can only increase as U.S. forces approach--and probably cross--his unenforceable boundary...