Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the beginning, Mexicans have been aware of the material and psychological differences that separate them from Americans. And from the beginning, the interpretation of these differences has ranged from blind admiration to an equally blind repulsion. During the 19th century, Mexican liberals saw American democracy, not without reason, as the archetype of modernity. This led them to adopt the American political system. Their attempt failed, in part, because Mexico for three centuries had been a Roman Catholic monarchy; neither its people nor its leaders had experienced the great spiritual, political and economic revolution with which modernity began. We wanted...
...Reagan Administration is losing touch with reality. No one can reasonably demand that the President abandon the beliefs he has argued all his political life. But a successful President must adapt his strongest convictions to changing circumstances, and he cannot let the optimism that is a major virtue blind him to disagreeable facts. Overseas, not every policy is well founded just because it is anti-Soviet; at home, the greatest threat to American prosperity seems to be the stratospheric budget deficits that are aggravated by Reagan's policies. And failure to restore prosperity threatens, among other things, to prevent...
...truth, blocking out all evidence of continuing or looming trouble. Says one former aide: "You have to be careful with him. If you had nine bad items to tell him and one good one, he would latch on to the tenth favorable item and discount the other nine. The blind spots are very troubling...
MIDDLETON. Conn.--Wesleyan University, which in a widely publicized decision last spring abandoned its "need blind" admission policy, did not actually deny admission to any qualified applicant for financial reasons, according to Director of Financial And P Become Cunningham...
Dartmouth which also abandoned its need blind policy last spring, was forced to deny full financial and to 20 applications, said Director of Financial Aid Martland W. Horsington...