Word: bolds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moines Register went so far as to call for Block's resignation on conflict-of-interest grounds. Said the paper: "If he proposes bold new programs to help debt-ridden farmers," Block will be accused of "serving his own financial interests," and if he does not, "there will be the suspicion that the Secretary avoided the issue for the sake of appearances or that he is among a select group of farmers who will benefit if the Government doesn't intervene in the crisis." Block's response: "This is another example of how ridiculous election-year politics...
...negotiated settlement. Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock attacked Thatcher's handling of the crisis but conspicuously avoided making the strike a party cause: the walkout is unpopular with many of Labor's moderate voters. In forcing last week's confrontations, Scargill seemed to be making a bold bid to shore up support in the face of rapidly dwindling strike funds. But his flamboyant intransigence made him seem less interested in saving jobs than in taking on the government...
...women about their acceptance at Harvard. While the University has, to its credit, taken certain steps to combat its historical poor treatment of its women scholars and students, many remain unconvinced of Harvard's commitment to women's rights. Harvard has simply been unable or willing to take the bold measures needed to dispel this skepticism...
...commitment to vigorously deterring harassment and punishing actual transgressions, but such protestations cannot dispel the cynicism engendered by remarks from male professors ridiculing the idea of sexual harassment for example, a professor's remark, as reported in the survey that harassment was only the product of "feminine hysteria." Bold measures are needed to combat such myopia. Sadly enough, however, when hold measures were proposed this year--for instance to establish a central harassment office--the courage of the Faculty evaporated...
...Trinity Square Repertory Theater, flounders somewhat as it butts against the incomprehensibility of the tragedy. But at a time when dramatists are shying away from "big" social issues (or muddling them, as in Arthur Kopit's End of the World), Jonestown Express exhibits some admirable qualities: a bold conception, provocative ideas and the ability to give those ideas theatrical life...