Word: condemn
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Other TIME stories that got heated reactions included the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (969 readers wrote, largely to condemn the action) and the National Council of Churches' new "de-sexed" version of the Bible. "Sixteenth century heretics were burned at the stake for smaller travesties. Where is the Inquisition now that we need...
Proponents of the system argue that a state adoption agency's handling of an unwanted child often proves far more inhuman. Bureaucratic stalls and inefficiency can condemn a baby to foster homes and state institutions until the infant has outgrown any chance for placement with a family. Says Family Court Judge Mendel Rivers Jr. of Charleston: "Even if baby selling does exist, what's so horrible about that? If the child is going to a home with good parents who can give it all the love and security it will ever need, why should we care...
...does not go after members of any of the larger, more popular student organizations involved in the protest, nor the unaffiliated students who formed the largest part of the protesters. We hope that not only the signers of this letter, but also a diverse range of campus opinion will condemn this blatant selective victimization. Debra M. Satz teaching asst., Social Studies Joseph Schwartz, teaching fellow, Government and Social Studies Carlos Forment, teaching fellow, Social Studies David K. Brian, graduate student, Socialogy David L. Evans, Senior Admissions officer
...Brannaman suggests that if the Israelis don't like "the solution, they could return in large numbers to Russia..." But the again, what does Mr. Brannaman understand of mutual friendship and self-determination and democracy? And to condemn Communism as a Jewish creation makes about as much sense as condemning philosophy as a pagan creation--the particular school of thought has nothing to do with the religion of the human beings who developed it. (Good gods! Evolution is a Christian creation, and algebra and astronomy are Moslem creations...
Since Davis ran out on a full house in Oakland in 1982 and made it stick after two trials against the league, the city has been trying to condemn the team-everyone condemns this team-and take over under the laws of eminent domain. Meanwhile the Raiders are in Los Angeles and starting to count over 90,000 patrons in the Coliseum, where Davis has not yet signed a long-term lease. For now, damages of some $35 million are owed the Raiders by the other 27 teams. Speaking for his players and himself, he says...