Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their intellectual endeavor. Scholarly innovativeness, he writes, engenders certain values which lead in a natural way to political concerns. These values include skepticism about existing knowledge and a universalism that treats all things connected with scholarly pursuit according to impersonal criteria. The academic's skepticism brings him into conflict with the reigning powers in society while his universalism leads the scholar to oppose "those aspects of stratified societies that limit equality of opportunity." Despite the obvious conflicts between scholars and the powers that be in society, free thought in academic settings is tolerated because of the contributions it makes...
...Despite the U.S. supply of arms to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, the gates of Cairo and Damascus later were opened to an American President. The Arabs realize that the U.S. is a factor in any effort to bring about a real political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict...
...final chapter provides an appealing clue to the sociocultural wounds that led the author to write the book. Though the subject is Jewry, Cuddihy also offers a particularly original meditation on a very old theme: the conflict between tree-swinging creative joy and the forces of social conformity...
...countless future birth defects prevented by fetal research that would have been impossible under the present ban. By using live fetuses, important medical advances were made in developing German measles and Rh vaccines and in studying infant breathing problems and amniotic fluids.* At base the commission faces a classic conflict. On one hand, scientists argue that experiments that benefit countless future children must not be prohibited. On the other, many ethicists insist that benefits or no, living fetuses must be protected...
...AMERICAN involvement in Indochina has been long and cruel, both for the peoples of Indochina--torn by the upheaval of revolution--and for the people of the United States, divided over the loss of American lives halfway around the world in a conflict that seemed to be no threat to American security. Finally, it looks as though this long and agonizing commitment is coming to an end and the peoples of Indochina--in Cambodia and Vietnam--will be able to achieve a long-sought self-determination...