Word: dealing
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Even if I didn't do it, someone else would. It might as well be someone who at least knows it's bad. A perfectly specious argument that liberals regularly condemn in the likes of a certain university that refuses to divest of its holdings in firms that deal with South Africa...
There has been a great deal of confusion since the announcement as universities, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Texas A&M and the University of Washington at Seattle, have claimed positive results and then withdrawn their claims only days later, usually because of instrumental errors...
Allowing Mlot-Mroz to speak would have accomplished a number of things. Primarily, it would have proven that left-wing activists actually believe that freedom is more than a convenient rhetorical phrase. It also would have done a great deal to dispel the idea that the leftists are nothing but dangerous reds with a paternalistic, totalitarian ideas about controlling who hears what. If the left wants America or Harvard to be a held to a higher standard, we must be ready to apply those higher standards to ourselves...
With the notable exception of the John Tower fracas, Bush has muted public controversy. He cut a deal with Congress to quiet the poisonous contra-aid issue. He tiptoed out of the Eastern Air Lines strike early and into the Alaskan oil spill belatedly. Twice in the past few days he has mentioned his admiration of the leadership style of Dwight Eisenhower, best known for his ability to reconcile contentious and talented people. "No room for grudges in this business," Bush told one meeting of young staff members...
What evidently aroused India's ire was Nepal's 1988 purchase of guns and other weaponry from China, a longtime Indian rival. New Delhi regards the deal as a violation of the spirit of its 39-year-old friendship treaty with Katmandu. But Nepal seems determined to stand up to India's pressure, even if that means short-term suffering and completely revising its trade relations. Says a senior Nepalese official: "We will not give an inch...