Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report said that the problem of adolescent pregnancy and child bearing is a controversial matter of national concern that stirs "so many deep-seated emotions and convictions...
Reagan's foreign policy has been distinguished by an obsession with opposing communism--and anything that vaguely resembles it--whenever and wherever possible. That monomania was ostensibly motivated by a concern for democracy, but if so the President, like Ahab, was led astray by his obsession. The confidence that he and his advisors had in their own ends led them to means that have subverted our country's democratic institutions...
...what makes the situation more sinister is that it appears that the Silber is being--surprise--disingenuous; the university's alleged concern for its neighbors cannot be seen as anything more than a pretense for suppressing political expression. After all, the university permits banners for blood drives and student government elections...
...only private banners, then which upset the neighbors? Or, don't tell me, only political banners upset the community, so Silber, in his infinite concern, has taken it upon himself to quash them...
...longer. Britain's second largest bank last week announced it was selling its share of Barclays National, South Africa's biggest commercial bank, for $116 million to a consortium of South African firms, including Anglo American, a diversified mining and manufacturing company, and the De Beers diamond concern. The divestiture, which followed a gradual reduction of the British bank's holdings in Barclays National to 40.4% by last year, was made in the face of rising worldwide sentiment against apartheid and doing business in South Africa. Said Sir Timothy Bevan, chairman of Barclays: "I'm not a coward...