Word: condemn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leader of the black Nation of Islam and an important supporter of Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign. His target: Milton Coleman, a veteran black reporter who has covered Jackson for the Washington Post. When asked about the threat, Jackson conceded that it was "wrong." But he declined to condemn his Muslim chum. "I cannot assume responsibility for every state ment made by a friend or supporter of mine," Jackson argued. That Farr Farrakhan speaking in khan's three-week-old speech became an issue just before the New York primary, Jackson says, suggests political "tricks and treachery." Farrakhan...
...worked to raise consciousness about torture at the United Nations, where a voluntary fund for victims has been established. Twelve governments, including the U.S., Sweden and Greece, have pledged more than $700,000. In its report, Amnesty proposes a twelve-point plan to protect prisoners' rights, officially condemn torture, safeguard prisoners during interrogation, limit incommunicado detention and allow independent investigations into torture. "Torture can be stopped," the report declared. "What is lacking is the political will of governments to stop torturing people." The report may not persuade many governments to stop torturing their citizens, but by increasing the volume...
...consequences of lightness are several. Moral responsibility does not exist, for "how can we condemn something that is ephemeral, in transit?" History loses much of its reality. Talking of Robespierre, the narrator reveals that "the bloody years of the Revolution have turned into mere words, theories, and discussions, have become lighter than feathers, frightening no one." The present day is hardly more serious...
...United Nations and one of the Eisenhower Administration's most experienced negotiators with the Soviets; in Rochester, N.Y. Wadsworth served for seven years as Henry Cabot Lodge's deputy at the U.N., becoming chief of the U.S. delegation in 1960, in time to witness-and condemn-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's shoe-banging tirade against the West...
...mean by these comments either to condemn or condone those members of council who leave meetings early. Still, it is a cause for concern that more council members do not view it as their duty to remain for the duration of all meetings--even long ones. I do feel, however, that the reporter's analogy exaggerates the breadth of this problem...