Word: concernedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
During the last few years, we have seen an upsurge in Americans' concern over their right to peer beyond the "classified" label that veils the actions of governments, agencies and institutions. At Harvard, though, at least one area has held fast against the onslaught of freedom of information legislation. Outside of the University's upper administrative echelons, few people know how the Overseers' visiting committees perceive the schools or departments they visit, nor does the Harvard community learn which of the committees' recommendations are put into effect...
Unfortunately, the administration has been so vague in defining the purpose and structure of the new committee that minority groups on campus have expressed concern over their representation on the committee and the University's motives in establishing it. Although the leaders of the four principal minority organizations were invited to join the 15-member committee, they were understandably critical that it was not made clear whether they would attend as individuals or as representatives of their organizations. Nor has it been made clear if the committee is only a study group restricted to racial interaction, or whether the group...
...Western Hemisphere countries. The world must no longer listen to Jimmy Carter's oratories on the importance of human rights, when in fact he governs the nation that has been most successful in human rights abuse. South American governments follow the North American lead; documents show their concern for human rights to be a travesty. Indigenous populations are unified. Colonialism is destined to lose the battle for land to the peoples and cultures that are native to this earth...
...opposition to the pact. Until 2000, the U.S. will control the canal and its military bases. After that the treaty states that the U.S. and Panama shall maintain the "neutrality" of the canal, a clause that seemed alarmingly vague to many people. When it became apparent that this concern was about to sink the treaty, Panama's head of state, General Omar Torrijos Herrera, went to Washington, and he and Carter issued a joint "statement of understanding." The "correct interpretation," they said, is that each country shall defend the canal against any aggressive act or other threat...
...expressing doubts about the effectiveness of their Premier. His health alone has caused widespread unease; Begin left a hospital and returned to work last week, but there are fears that the damage to his heart has not had time to heal. More than that, however, there is a growing concern that he has offered little in the way of new domestic programs except to allow more settlements in the occupied territories; the economy is drifting, and the country is I heading toward an alarming 30% inflation rate this year alone...