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...findings of the task force, ?she may be dealing with a lot of pressure, from family, boyfriend, husband. We have a situation in which the woman may be getting so much pressure she?s not thinking clearly.? The doctor, on the other hand, ?should be operating in a calm and collected manner, have identified all the risks to the woman; he?s counseling the woman. We think its appropriate to place a greater burden upon the doctor...
Instead of occupying University Hall to protest administrative policies or building shanties in the Yard to argue for divestment, today’s reformers operate within the system, usually organizing change subtly through established bureaucratic channels and calm, rational discussion. Even small demonstrations of “active protest,” such as the Student Labor Action Movement’s trick-or-treating trip to Summers’ house, are construed as too extreme by many students...
...While officials of Dubai Ports World tried to calm the waters in Congressional hearings and over the airwaves, opposition to the deal inside the House is actually growing with reports that the government is considering other strategic sales to the United Arab Emirates...
...bitter and exhausted by battles over the Vietnam war, including the infamous decision by his predecessor, Nathan M. Pusey ’28, to call the cops into the Yard when students occupied University Hall. By the time my class arrived on campus in 1975, Bok’s calm and deliberate style had already soothed the waters. Although he may not have done it fast enough for our impatient tastes, he eventually got the university on the right side of the divestiture issue (embracing the “Sullivan principles”), undergraduate education (rolling out the Core Curriculum...
...Larijani: We have no problems in negotiating on nuclear issues, and also issues of interest to Muslims, things that will bring calm to the region, provided that they are honest and that Mr. Bush does not harangue us. To us, negotiations are not the end. If the aim is clear, then this means can be used too. It's true that U.S. is a great power. Descartes, the great French philosopher says, "I think, therefore I am." I believe America's slogan is, "I make trouble, therefore...