Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...established tradition in the use of juries as instruments of public justice that the jury be a body truly representative of the community. For racial discrimination to result in the exclusion from jury service of otherwise qualified groups not only violates our Constitution...but is at war with our basic concepts of a democratic society and a representative government...
...last year's season, Harvard's intramural athletic department held an open forum to discuss the beleaguered tackle football program. Two basic problems were highlighted: time and preparation for the teams were not adequate, and there were not enough players to conduct official games...
...Jimmy Baker (the guy who showed me how to kick a little ass last week) I would have had you on my short list for secretary of state. Your steadfast refusal to divest Harvard's holdings from companies doing business in South Africa shows you understand the basic idea of foreign policy--the profit motive is far more important than morality. We can't let the concerns of thousands, even millions, of people effect our policy toward their nation. That would be just plain silly...
Effective as Ceasar is, EPISO's real successes are the product of its rank and file and of a basic strategy called community action: first sell the downtrodden on their ability to bring about massive change within the system, then inspire them to go out and do it. The tactics are ingeniously simple but hardly new. They date to the 1930s when Alinsky used them in an Irish-American slum behind Chicago's stockyards...
...have yet to address the basic problems: excessive volatility, excessive speculation, excessive use of credit and inadequate regulation. This speculative behavior is not driven by individual manipulators, as was the case in the 1920s and '30s, but by institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies, banks and savings and loan associations backed, in many cases, by state and U.S. Government guarantees. Curbing speculation and promoting investment must be the objectives of reform...