Word: clashing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cape Town for talks with South African officials, declared that "the cycle of violence must come to an end now." But President Reagan, speaking at his news conference on the day of the killings, suggested that "rioting" marchers were at least partly to blame for the clash and pointed out that "some of those enforcing the law and using the guns were also black." He added that his Administration had no thoughts of amending its policy of "constructive engagement," under which it uses diplomatic pressure rather than outright ostracism to nudge South Africa toward reform. Professing themselves "outraged and disgusted...
Sophomore Keith Webster--who hit 14 of 14 free throws in last Saturday's Cornell clash--has a streak of 16 successful charity stripe attempts going...
...current debate raging over the Harvard undergraduate housing lottery system, those advocating one position have failed, for the most part, to address the central theses of those expressing opposing viewpoints. I believe the heart of the debate revolves around the clash of different conceptions of the goal of the housing system--its telos, if you will. Is it supposed to maximize overall student happiness, to produce a socially desirable end conducive to a liberal education, or to be in itself a fair process by which housing assignments are distributed? Without direct and unequivocal discussion of this issue, the forthcoming results...
Ginsberg: I like to sing with the Clash, I was on their last album. I've also made some movies with Bob Dylan. I'm supposed to be doing some work with "X" sooner or later. I like the Dead Kennedys and Sting. I ran into Sting at a birthday party for [William] Burroughs last year. Burroughs has had an enormous effect on new wave pop music. There are a lot of bands that use his terms like "soft machine." He's talking on a Laurie Anderson record now. I think that is natural because the poetry runs back...
...major clashes between factions do erupt in Lebanon, the Israeli Cabinet, rather than local commanders, will decide what action, if any, Israeli forces should take in response. But Jerusalem would rather leave any such matter to the Lebanese. Said Major General Ori Orr, head of Israel's Northern Command: "I prefer to leave that problem to Amin Gemayel." The chances that the Lebanese Army could step in successfully under such chaotic circumstances are thought to be negligible. Partisan militiamen, for example, control the heights overlooking the road between Sidon and Beirut, and that link could be easily...