Word: disavower
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...this spirit, Aquino reiterated her campaign pledge last week to call a six-month cease-fire in the war against the N.P.A., which caused more than 1,200 civilian deaths in 1985. If the guerrillas would disavow violence, she declared, she would offer them amnesty. Said Laurel: "Given a credible government, a democratic moral order and a general amnesty, 90% of the people who are now fighting in the hills would lay down their arms and come home." In Washington, some Philippine experts dismissed such talk as naive. "Their plan seems unrealistic," said Larry Niksch, director of Asian affairs...
Steiner refuses to disavow any type ofinternship, including those criticized in the SASCreport as being elitist or working with thestructure of the racist state's government. But hedoes point to the difference of working withindividual scholars, although they may be inhomeland universities, and working directly withgovernment sanctioned institutions...
...election of Jimmy Carter, a born-again Christian, gave it a boost, and the ascent of Ronald Reagan propelled it into the big time. Its chief audience is the generation of the New Squares, primarily young whites, 24 to 35, who like the beat of rock but disavow the drugs and sexual permissiveness that are associated with it. "The people who buy my records like danceable, modern music, but they don't want to feel guilty supporting music with trashy lyrics," says Steve Taylor, 27, who sings his own songs. "Rock is associated with evil, but that is guilt...
...Bishops' doctrinal committee, the Vatican had no choice but to defend "the clear and constant teaching of the church that deliberately chosen abortion is objectively immoral." Under the disciplinary provisions of the church, the nuns who have been admonished will have to decide in the coming weeks whether to disavow their statement or face dismissal. Some nuns have already indicated that they will not back down, even though they oppose abortion. Says Sister Donna Quinn of Chicago, executive director of Chicago Catholic Women and past president of the National Coalition of American Nuns: "We believe we have the right...
...somewhat more egalitarian age, today's self-styled arbiters of elegance do their best to disavow the slightly embarrassing equation of good manners and money. While Emily Post's original guide was full of such now esoteric information as what color livery the footmen should wear, Elizabeth Post insists that she and her grandmother-in-law both regard etiquette as "a code of behavior, based on kindness and consideration." Says Ann Landers: "Good manners are important because they show how you care about another person. Bad manners indicate a lack of caring." Marjabelle Stewart maintains that "manners will...