Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Communist Party seems on the verge of coming to power, we call it an American defeat. If the U.S. intervenes through the CIA, we then denounce American imperialism. If, for example, Portugal goes Communist, it becomes an American defeat rather than a European defeat. Obviously, Portugal is closer to Paris than New York. The consequences of a Communist government [in Lisbon] will be felt more in Madrid and Paris than in New York. But we are acting like voyeurs, counting the blows to see who is winning and losing and never asking ourselves what [our] responsibilities...
Mitchell Fischman, an official with the BRA who is working with the power plant project, said last week that the city has shown some concern over a "closer spelling out of the construction particulars...
Exley makes the mistake of assuming that conversations with people in the lime-light are necessarily interesting; he's much better off writing about unknowns whom he's closer...
...antibusing organization, Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR), had expected to rise to prominence as a political force. The group was fragmented, however, by different factions that supported particular candidates. ROAR's power has since declined (it now refuses to endorse any candidate) and the antibusing forces now are no closer to favoring any individual candidates...
...same time he told the students he will meet with them, Bok released a letter that shows clearly his position on DISC's major demands--a position that in some cases is probably closer to agreement with the students than they expected, in others in clear disagreement. DISC is asking for direct links between the institute and the Afro-American Studies Department, an understandable demand since no member of the department is one the DuBois advisory board. Bok's letter promises that all new tenured faculty in Afro will be offered positions on the institute's advisory board, which should...