Word: contended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Given the identical decisions of the ACSR and Corporation, some members of the Undergraduate Committee on Harvard Shareholder Responsibility contend the ACSR, not the Corporation, is the rubber stamp...
...criticism of Carter's approach to oil price regulation, however, goes beyond when and how he has decided to decontrol oil prices: we contend that wholesale decontrol of oil prices is an ineffective and regressive policy that should not be part of any rational energy policy, much less its cornerstone...
...small number of faculty members had come to perceive that threat well before the spring of 1969. During the previous fall, they began to meet weekly to voice worries about the Faculty's growing inability to contend with campus unrest. The meetings were held in secret--usually at a faculty member's house--until the tumultuous events of April forced the group into the open...
Muslim jurists contend that stoning is no more typical of Islamic justice than extra-tough state laws against the possession of drugs are representative of the American legal tradition. Beyond that, the threat of the Shari'a is usually more severe than the reality. As in Western common law, defendants are presumed innocent until proved guilty...
...Muhammad's succession. The Prophet left no generally recognized instructions on how the leadership of Islam would be settled after his death. The Sunnis believe that its leader should be nominated by representatives of the community and confirmed by a general oath of allegiance. Shi'ites contend that Muhammad's spiritual authority was passed on to his cousin and son-in-law, 'Ah', and certain of his direct descendants who were known as Imams. Most Iranian Shi'ites believe that' Ali's twelfth successor, who disappeared mysteriously in 878, is still alive...