Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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GENERAL Secretary Gorbachev's proposal presents a challenge to our leaders, and specifically to President-elect George Bush, to overcome the Cold War-entrenched prejudices of the 1950's and look towards the achievement of peace and common understanding in the 1990's. Though the staff position acknowledges this need for bilateral cooperation and courageous policy making, its language remains caught up in rhetoric and paranoia more appropriate to old red baiters than to present-day proponents of peace...
Steiner's attitude is common among the administration. Just about every other week, the Freshman Dean's Office reports an intrusion into a female freshman's room. In Hollis, a student woke up to find a man at the foot of her bed. Rather than realizing something is amiss, administrators are quite satisfied with the campus security system. It is we--the students--who ought to reform ourselves, they say. Our watchwords should be "vigilance" and "caution," according to administrators...
...comparison with other schools. Some women at Brown University, for instance, walk home with lock-blades held under crossed arms. I do not think Harvard students need to react so rashly. But although a roving, ever-ready security system protects pedestrians, it does not deter intrusions into dormitories and common buildings, and hence possible sexual assault...
...Shultz intended to depict Arafat as a common terrorist, he failed. Arafat emerged from the confrontation with his reputation enhanced -- as something of a martyr to Shultz's intransigence. If the Secretary sought to deny Arafat the kind of prominence that a U.N. visit would bring, he produced the opposite: a publicity bonanza for the chairman. "Had the U.S. let him come, he would have been news for a day or two," said an Arab diplomat. "Now he will be a hot news item for weeks." When the General Assembly convenes in Geneva, Arafat can expect to bask...
...common agreement, Walesa won easily. He charged that opportunities for radical change exist in Poland but said, "We are not making use of them. It seems what we are doing is still salvaging the remnants of a Stalinist model." The next day even Communist Party officials gave him admiring reviews. Said one: "It was a smashing victory for Walesa. I would give him an 8-to-2 advantage." To many Poles, his appearance seemed to confer official recognition on Solidarity and could be a catalyst for renewed enthusiasm for the union...