Word: dissention
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...Through participation. Unfortunately, some organizations like the Asian American Association (AAA) at Harvard have focused too narrowly on ethnic interests. They have lost sight of the higher purpose of the freedom of political association, which is to broaden our minds through the practice of deliberation, persuasion and dissent...
...Republican minority in Congress is overstepping the bounds of its role. A minority is not meant to obstruct; it is meant to advise and dissent. The Republicans claim a victory when they bring enough Democrats over to defeat a majority bill. But can you really respect the buyers or the sellers of the pork that made the vote happen...
...Supreme Court today refused to hear the appeal of an Alaska rental agent who refused to rent to unmarried couples on the grounds that they were being sinful. Over the solo dissent of Justice Clarence Thomas, the court left intact an Alaska Supreme Court ruling that said the agent, Tom Swanner, violated state and local laws by refusing to rent to such couples. Swanner's appeal said these laws violated his First Amendment religious freedoms. Thomas argued that "there is surely no firm national policy against marital-status discrimination in housing decisions...
...normal closing hours; and secondly, by the prospective renovation of University Hall in the next year or two. Moreover, Dr. Counter himself will retain an office in University Hall, hardly a step which suggests that the College is trying to punish or isolate him. Even your own staff dissent questions the logic and basis for the Editorial's conclusions...
Though the tribal council has denied widespread dissent, placing the number of opponents within the tribe at "about one percent," tribal members said last week they have serious misgivings about the casino...