Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Union and China went at each other. Let's suppose tensions were to escalate and the Soviet Union were to jump the Chinese. In the nuclear age, such a conflict would inevitably lead to global war." Added Nixon: "Therefore, a reduction in Sino-Soviet tensions should be welcomed. Besides, a lasting relationship between the U.S. and China cannot be based solely, or even primarily, on fear...
Keller deals at length, for example, with the familiar, perplexing question of why students may not substitute departmental courses for Core offerings. It would be patently absurd, of course, to imagine that in two years of Faculty deliberations that option never came to mind. Keller traces the conflict between "hard Core" and "soft Core" advocates, the former favoring and the latter advocating more flexibility. Basic to the discussions was the disputed definition of a "broad education"--should it stress knowledge of specific subject matter in several areas, or focus instead on introducing students to the different disciplines' "modes of inquiry...
Careful, sometimes halting in speech, Smith approaches the job with a quietness that defies its potential explosiveness. Before his election, a council member asked Smith whether his other role as financial manager of Harvard Glee Club's $30,000 budget would conflict with his treasurer duties. Smith assured the government that the Glee Club would not receive funding, but he earnestly added that his other responsibilities would not stop taking up a decided amount of his time...
...flood of official bankruptcies may be temporarily stemmed this fall by a constitutional conflict between the Supreme Court and Congress. In June, the high court ruled that Congress had granted the nation's 220 federal bankruptcy judges unconstitutionally broad powers in 1978 with the passage of the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act. The court gave Congress a deadline of Oct. 4 to correct that defect. Since Congress could not or would not act in time, the court moved last week to prevent the bankruptcy courts from shutting down altogether by extending the deadline to Dec. 24. Meanwhile, many lawyers plan...
...board's 3-2 ruling concluded 19 months of conflict between Harvard and the United Auto Worker affiliate District 65, which has sought unsuccessfully for the past eight years to organize Medical Area clerical and technical workers...