Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dismayed that you displayed no cynicism for some of this costly high technology, particularly the artificial heart. This technique cannot possibly have any impact on the disease. It benefits a small minority and serves only to stroke the egos of the doctors who pursue this blind alley...
...formation headed across the Gulf of Aqaba toward Jordan, following a top-secret route designed to take advantage of blind spots in Arab radar coverage along the borders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq. The aircraft stayed close to the terrain, but varied their altitudes in a weaving pattern that had been tested by the Israeli Air Force as a means to further reduce radar visibility...
White veers from arrogant to melancholy, and can be vindictive in either mood. He is usually at odds with every other major politician in the state. He has ethical blind spots: this winter, for example, he scheduled a birthday party for his wife, encouraged cash gifts from city employees, then canceled the party after public and media pressure and pledged to return the money. He has a keen eye and a generous hand with young talent, yet he fires some and drives many of the rest away...
University administrators have for the most part steered a middle route. Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said in 1976 that he views affirmative action as a temporary necessity. "We tried a color-blind approach for many years and it didn't work. Affirmative action says that it did not work, and that we must go through a period of being conscious of race." Steiner, who worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before coming to Harvard, added...
...What worries me-most is that someday soon Harvard may no longer be in the position to admit students who are not able to pay their own way. Right now, our admissions policy is 'buck-blind,' so to speak. But this problem is going to arise in the very near future...