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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Conservative clubs, they all display fundamental ignorance of the issues at hand. To begin with, the Crimson writers can not seem to distinguish between the national security policies and the human rights policies of the U.S. government. We have thousands of warheads pointed at the Soviet Union to defend ourselves, not to push for the release of Andrei Sakharov. Our adversarial relationship with the Soviets is not due to the mere existence of the Gulag Archipelago, but rather to their efforts to extend it beyond Soviet borders. To suggest that South Africa should be our enemy because of apartheid ignores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tasteless And Ignorant | 11/21/1985 | See Source »

...WAKE of the Conversative Club's recent hosting of a speaker who called for the quarantining of all gays, in the wake of Sisyphist slogans like "Defense of the Soviet Union Begins in Central America!," "Vietnam was a Victory!!," and "Defend the Deformed Workers' State Against Jewish Dissidents!!!," I have brought myself to make a personal decision which is quite possibly of world-historical import. I can no longer stand idly by and allow my fellow students to suffer under the dastardly delusions spawned by Harvard's most attention-getting speechifiers...

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: Platonic Dialogue? | 11/19/1985 | See Source »

...that he was near death "really exaggerated." But he made selective use of facts and figures to dismiss the concerns of U.S. analysts, blandly promising an imminent upturn in the Philippine economy and a decline in the strength of Communist insurgents. Marcos took refuge in dubious legal arguments to defend the 1973 constitution, tailored to legitimize the powers he had seized under martial law, and denied that he had used his authority to enrich a small circle of friends. Only later, at a dinner that evening, did he admit that "we have committed some errors." Excerpts from the two-hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Ferdinand Marcos | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...Laennec scientists speculated that cyclosporine produced this effect by depriving the AIDS virus of its favorite target, "activated" T-4 cells that are primed to defend the body. The virus reproduces inside these cells, destroying them in the process. Cyclosporine is known to prevent activation of T-4 cells, apparently making them less susceptible to the virus' assault. The T cells survive, and their number increases as the body continues to produce them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Furor Over an AIDS Announcement | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...magic words." She also recommends a verbal exercise for expressing resentment. One partner says, "I resent that you . . ." and then expresses the complaint. The other then responds with three set comments: "Thank you for sharing that. Your saying so may not change my behavior. I'm not going to defend myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Getting a Headlock on Wedlock | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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