Word: conflict
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...achieving such understanding is through freedom of inquiry, and freedom of expression--in our universities and in our larger societies." These words come as a slap in the face, knowing that the University decided to screen questions to Jiang. We are deeply concerned that this decision is in direct conflict with academic standards of free inquiry and free expression...
Louis' is not the only weak will in the play. In sort of parallel plot, a legal clerk named Joe (Geof Oxnard '99) exists in a permanent conflict of ideas and realities. He insists he loves his wife Harper (Jessica Shapiro '01), a fragile agoraphobe with a Valium dependency, but he seems to find plenty of reason not come home on time. He is careerist enough consider a move to Washington, D.C., despite his wife's objections, but also has enough belief in his Mormon ideals as to request that his boss refrain from taking the Lord's name...
...overreaction surrounding "The Lost Museum" is that only one legitimate claim has resulted from the publication of Feliciano's book. Was the looting of French art from Jews and others a terrible aspect of World War II? Indeed. Looting of art has been part of French-German conflict since Napoleon, and it was not any better in the 1940s than it was in the 1800s. But France did its part immediately following the war, and the 2,000 objects that remain in French museums should not be seen as a stain upon France's history, but as a sad testament...
...Berezovsky is a former mathematician who today is ranked by Forbes magazine as the world?s 97th richest individual and has long held a shadowy influence on the Yeltsin government. While the given reason ? that Berezovsky?s business interests conflict with his senior government position ? may appear plausible enough, there are deeper conflicts at work...
...oversight board, its real powers, and its potential for conflict of interest, won't be clear until it's up and running. As one more way to position himself on the side of reform last week, Clinton chose a new commissioner, reaching outside the customary field of tax lawyers and accountants for Charles O. Rossotti, 56, chairman of American Management Systems, a computer-consulting company. His experience will come in handy heading a mismanaged agency with an antique computer system...