Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shattuck insists that there need not be a trade-off between national security and academic freedom. "I think we get in a very dangerous bind when we face academic freedom off against national security," he says. In fact, he continues, the "great openness" of the "American scientific community is one of the country's national strengths...
...Crimson seems to believe that outspoken leaders of certain minority groups speak for all minorities (most of whom have never had contact with these minority groups). This statement is also indicative of the gross characterizations of minorities which is responsible for much confusion. Certainly there are commonalities that bind all minorities together, but we must realize that differences do exist...
Clearly there's something strange about Goldwater's conduct, just as there is something strange about the CIA, whose actions throughout the year seem to have been in direct contradiction of the laws that supposedly bind it. The CIA is carrying on what amounts to a war with Nicaragua, without regulation, without government input other than the interests of the executive, and with what seems to be a tacit understanding between the bureau head and the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee...
...major role behind the crisis. However, individuals in bank board rooms throughout the West made conscious decisions in the '70s to make choices which seem, in retrospect, to be foolhardy risks. The actions of a very small number of bank executives have put the American people in a real bind. Hopefully these same bankers will find their own was out of the mess without a major social and governmental shake up, like the Crash...
With many of the procedural reforms already in place, Redesign's appeal turns on personality, act institutions. Important with extensive rules that will bind and families the relationships between people, Keverian has said he will have his new candidacy on new blood and a healthy outlook. As he told the House in a recent speech, "My dream was that as Speaker I would provide access, I would not be dictatorial, I would be thoughtful. I would be compassionate...