Word: coded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remain there only because of American support; among these nations are Chile, South Korea, the Philippines, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Singapore, Ghana, Guatemala, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Moynihan, and the type of foreign policy he represents, has no interest in parliamentary government for itself; "democracy stands only as a code word, meaning the continued functioning of a world-wide market and system of investments, channelled through Western institutions like the World Bank, which systematically discriminate against third world countries...
...Electrical Engineering 304 course. When instructors noticed that groups of papers had unusual similarities they asked the 88-member Cadet Honor Committee to investigate. In the end, 49 cadets were exonerated and 49-by unanimous votes of twelve-member honor boards-were found to have violated the code; three other cadets have admitted their guilt and resigned. Those of the 49 cadets tried and found guilty will be dismissed unless either the Superintendent of the Academy or the Secretary of the Army overturns the verdict...
...scandal has touched off both criticism of and strong cadet support for the code. According to Plebe John Cook. the strictly enforced code "means you can trust each other completely." Adds Senior Cadet Hank Keirsey: "It's just something you accept absolutely. People's lives depend on our integrity." But another cadet complains that the "code doesn't really develop integrity because it is based on fear...
Cadet Honor Committee Chairman William Andersen argues that the code is weakened when the automatic punishment of expulsion is meted out without consideration given to the circumstances of the violation. When asked to vote on the issue last February, 55% of the cadet corps were in favor of easing the code if there were mitigating circumstances. The measure failed to carry, however, because it fell short of the required two-thirds majority...
...trials could go on until August. In the meantime, the 49 accused cadets are living a normal West Point existence. They are not being officially shunned, because the traditional punishment of silence-which forbade other cadets to eat or speak with anyone who had violated the honor code-was abolished in 1973. "No one is talking about bringing that back," said Brigadier General Walter F. Ulmer Jr., commandant of cadets. But, he added, "I'm sure there are individual cadets who will decide not to go to a movie or a restaurant with those 49." Says one of their...