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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anderson and his majority, in a series of midnight "emergency" meetings, told Ackley and me that the board could not tolerate dissent. They pressured Ackley to resign and, when he refused, they called another meeting to pass a measure to relieve him of his duties and condemn his actions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Stalinist Purges' at the Harvard Republican Club | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...important not to just bash ROTC," Dyer said. "Once they've given the military a chance to respond to their concerns, then they can say they condemn the policy...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: College Consortium Questions Military | 5/16/1990 | See Source »

Earth Day fits into a troubling American pattern of responding to crises with rhetoric and theater. So far, it has been easy to be an environmentalist: one simply has to claim to be one. Just as middle-class voters routinely condemn "welfare" while opposing cuts in the social programs that constitute such spending, a good portion of the voters who claim they would pay for environmental improvements balk when the bill is presented. If consumers truly insisted on cleaner air in their individual buying and voting decisions, Detroit and Japan would vie to deliver less polluting cars, and it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Earth Day: Will the Ballyhoo Go Bust? | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...same time, I hope that the incident will not be seen as reinforcing a stereotype of Kirkland House that I have found to be superficial, distorted and largely meaningless. I can only condemn Monday's incident and laud BGLSA for its impressive response with the eat-in on Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Most of K-House Not Homophobic | 4/21/1990 | See Source »

Some international dilemmas are insoluble. Lithuania presents us with such a dilemma. To try to escape our anguish by denying the just cause of the Lithuanians is to add insult to injury. But we need not condemn ourselves for cowardice. Appeasement is the abandonment of friends simply for one's own safety. Our inaction on Lithuania is grounded in concern not just for our safety but for the reform and eventual liberation of the entire Soviet empire. What Lithuania is experiencing, therefore, is not betrayal, nor is it appeasement. It is tragedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why Lithuania Is Not Like South Carolina | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

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