Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bennett also maintained that, "Students should learn about Western Culture because that's the culture we live in. To the secretary, competition from foreign systems and beliefs is a direct assault on America, and universities must be responsible for its defense. However, he ignores the real danger--graduates will not successfully represent the United States if they see foreign cultures as dark, undefined bogeymen...
...best to be direct. "I think we should stop seeing each other" is better than "We...er...should...uh..split up...maybe." And there's no need to act as if you're cancelling a business account. Make it clear that the relationship was important. Say something like: "I will never forget what were some of the happiest days of my life...
...streets of the capital, Tegucigalpa, and burnt two U.S. embassy buildings to protest the United States' illegal extradition of noted drug trafficker, Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros. The riots were not in support of Matta, but in protest of the extradition of this Honduran citizen for crimes committed abroad, a direct violation of the Honduran Constitution...
...occupant will produce verse commemorating important events. In a way, this freedom is ironic, since Wilbur is a master of the occasional poem. Reminiscing in his office in the Library of Congress, he observes, "I suppose, more than most poets of my generation, I've written public poems and direct communications." These include "Speech for the Repeal of the McCarran Act" (1956), an oblique critique of U.S. immigration law, and "For the Student Strikers" (1970), a cadenced plea for moderation during a time of trouble at Wesleyan University. Still, Wilbur likes to be provoked into poetry...
...protests were a direct challenge to the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski, 64, who crushed Solidarity and declared martial law in 1981. Since 1987, emulating Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Jaruzelski has sought to streamline Poland's creaky economy. On Feb. 1 and April 1 of this year, the government introduced a series of price hikes accompanied by compensatory payments to workers. The result was a first-quarter inflation rate of 45% and bitter complaints that workers could not keep up with the cost of living...