Word: constraining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until relatively recently, however, universities and scholars were generally considered exempt from the regulations and the government did not attempt to constrain their movements or publications, according to Vice President for Government and Public Affairs John Shattuck...
...consensus is reached. Significantly, Epps departs from his neutral stance and attempts to persuade the clubs to admit women on a variety of economic, social, and moral grounds. He asks that they consider "women's increasing role in society" and suggests that women's membership will enhance, rather than constrain, their social events and general well-being. No consensus is reached by the club presidents. Epps tells The Crimson "the presidents are all very troubled by the dilemma of on the one hand honoring [all-male] tradition, and [on the other] the force of the ethical issue of equal treatment...
...might to be nice to the Soviets, Reagan could not constrain himself when a reporter at the press conference suggested that he had heightened tensions with his previous hard-line rhetoric...
Public agonizing over the role of covert activity does not, of course, constrain the Soviet Union. There is evidence linking the Soviets to terrorist groups such as Italy's Red Brigades and West Germany's Baader-Meinhof gang, as well as to elements of the antinuclear movement in Western Europe. America's Western allies, including such sturdy democracies as France and Britain, seem able to mount covert operations when necessary. "It would be illogical for us to discuss our covert operations in full view of the rest of the world," says a former French counter-intelligence chief...
...clause that says, "The international community cannot ignore the problem of the content of messages which are potentially of the gravest significance for the future development of peoples and indeed of all mankind." Western delegates fear Soviet and developing countries will use the clause to censor or otherwise constrain Western reporters. Foreign correspondents potentially could be forced to choose between abiding by the rules or abandoning coverage altogether...