Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Participants in the conference commended Bok for his statement, proposing a set of basic guidelines--many already followed at Harvard and other schools--for working financial relation ships between universities and business. The statement didn't bind even the five schools who attended the conclave but afterwards many higher education officials confidently predicted it will become a model for other colleges confidently predicted it will become a model for other colleges. Says Bok "People in my position at the various universities especially those who have been in office for some time have a responsibility to speak as cogently and effectively...
...warfare continued, Mauritania renounced its claim to any part of the former Spanish colony. Hassan held on, but understood that he was in a bind: he could not defeat the Polisario, even though he was spending about $ 1 million a day in trying; and he could not withdraw because his countrymen of every political persuasion, whatever they might think of his other policies, were wildly enthusiastic about the war in the Sahara...
...second, that sort of language is not exploited only for mischievous ends. The American verities feature words-liberty, equality-that, on top of their formal definitions, are verily packed with the sentiments that cement U.S. society. The affectionate banalities of friendship and neighborliness similarly facilitate the human ties that bind and support. The moving vocabularies of patriotism and friendship are also subject to misuse, of course, but such derelictions are usually easy to recognize as demagoguery or hypocrisy...
...fight two years ago between former President Jimmy Carter and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass) centered on whether commitments made during the primaries should bind delegates at the convention. The battle now pitting former governor and current front-runner Michael S. Dukakis against Gov. Edward J. King and Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III concerns whether candidates' performances at the convention should determine if they are eligible for the primary...
...sells IRA plans, but he cannot afford to start one for himself because he has one child in college and three in private schools. Says he: "Annual jumps in tuition prevent anyone in my age bracket and socioeconomic group from saving. My friends are in the same financial bind." So far, such family budget considerations are proving to be more important in decisions on whether to save than all the tax breaks Congress dreamed...