Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They called themselves the liberal caucus andus the conservative caucus," says Maass. "Wepreferred to call ourselves the responsible caucusand them, the irresponsible caucus...
Pusey, concerned about the intense divisionswithin the faculty, had created a Committee onRestructuring in February, 1969 to investigatemethods for creating a new faculty governancesystem. Led by Pforzheimer University ProfessorMerle Fainsod, the group was composed largely ofmembers from the conservative caucus...
Maass was one of the leaders of the conservative caucus of the faculty that emerged during the debates. The caucuses were a phenomena of the time, with the faculty divided into two groups--one representing professors who were sympathetic to student demands and believedthat the University should become more"democratic" and the other representing those whowere more interested in maintaining the statusquo...
...They called themselves the liberal caucus andus the conservative caucus," says Maass. "Wepreferred to call ourselves the responsible caucusand them, the irresponsible caucus...
What most angered the party's parliamentary caucus was the State President's unilateral announcement two weeks ago that there would be no national elections this year. Parliament's term expires in September, and a new body must be elected within six months. Not only are elections a party matter, which should have been decided by De Klerk, but the caucus was eager to call an election as early as May to take advantage of pratfalls by the opposition parties. Botha protests that he is "not looking for power for the sake of power," and does "not cling to posts...