Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard law student who spent the summer in Southern Africa, I am writing to protest Harvard University's recent decision against divestment. President Bok argues in his open letter of explanation that divestment is a bad tactic against apartheid in South Africa. I have never found either of these justifications for continued investment in South Africa to be analytically persuasive, and after a summer of meeting and talking to South Africans of differing political persuasions, both within and outside of the opposition movement, I am more firmly convinced than ever that Harvard must immediately divest from all corporations doing business...
Imagine, for a moment, that one of the United States' most important allies in the Western Alliance dissolves suddenly into civil war. Thousands are killed in erstwhile peaceful streets. Hundreds of innocent civilians going about their daily business are murdered in cold blood. The situation gets so bad that the army is forced to intervene to maintain a semblance of order. But the violence continues, even to the extent that there is an attempt to liquidate the entire personnel of the democratically elected government...
...whole time it helped to have a crew roommate," says Hale, adding, "If you go out and have a bad day, it helps to have someone who understands to talk...
...There is an enormous amount of statistics being taught at Harvard and very little by Harvard statisticians," said Rubin. Though "not necessarily bad," he continues, "it suggests a market" for those trained in statistics. It's a profession he describes as "nice for someone who has a broad interest in the sciences...
...statement. She echoed Mondale's excellent performance of a week ago, making an attempt to win back some of the God and Country territory annexed by the Republicans over the past three years, and reminding the country that patriotism should have a heart. But, in what may be a bad omen for Mondale, she had difficulty cornering Bush on foreign policy, presenting an unclear synopsis of her view of covert actions, and slipping and sliding over Lebanon, Reagan's biggest liability among foreign issues...