Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attempt must overcome a hoary stumbling-block of philosophical disputation--the problem of free will versus necessity. A view that sees sexual preferences as determined by the omnipotent creator absolves the guilt and blame attached to homosexuality: all human flesh then fits into the natural order of His creation. But this theological determinism deprives us of our moral worth as human beings--for we have no hand in the choice. Such a different conception of God and the universe removes any chance for the play of earthly powers to intervene in the lives of rational self-willed human beings...
...Soviet Union can deliver arms to national liberation movements, the U.S. and the West can deliver something far more useful in the long run: multilateral negotiated settlements that resolve regional conflicts. A recent and promising though still precarious example: the end of the Rhodesian civil war and the creation of Zimbabwe. Both events were midwifed by Britain, with
...only one solution: establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Privately, at least a few Palestinian leaders are willing to concede, albeit reluctantly, that this goal cannot be realized in the foreseeable future. No Israeli government could possibly accede to the creation of such a state, even with international safeguards for Israel's security needs, and hope to survive. Yet continued occupation of the territories is as objectionable to many Israelis as it is to all Arabs...
...also highlights flaws in the concentration's structure. In particular, it criticizes the severe administrative workload required of the chairman, prescribing the creation of one or two jointly held full professorships to spread administrative chores...
...notes the "dead-end" nature of junior faculty posts in Social Studies, recommending the creation of several junior faculty positions to be shared jointly with another department--a step which would allow junior faculty to aspire to tenured posts in the department...