Word: crucial
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...union's reaction to this step in the campaign is similar to what it has been at other crucial tactical moments: mobilize public opinion to pressure the University...
While the lack of women's leadership has long been the topic for heated discussion, there has been little progress made. Women's losses can always be attributed to their personal characteristics or the specific situations they face. But these characterizations sidestep a crucial fact of our society--that the underlying perceptions of and biases against women who achieve may be undercutting them all along, regardless of their specific attributes...
...first of two 10-minute overtime periods, Co-Captain and goaltender Denise Katsias made two crucial saves to keep Harvard's hopes alive, but the team was unable to generate the offense it needed...
...identity shouldn't matter, because everyone is equal before the law and entitled to equal protection. But even in a plea bargaining situation, knowledge of the defendant's background is essential to the realization of justice. Even in cases less serious than manslaughter, such as simple robbery, identity is crucial. While a person's innocence or guilt should be decided without reference to personal history, the punishment should take into account various factors in the person's past, such as whether this was the first or tenth offense or, in the case of manslaughter, whether or not the person...
Harvard, Dartmouth and Princeton all face Yale in the upcoming weeks, in a trio of games that should prove crucial in the Ivy race...