Word: dissents
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Authoritarian approaches do not lead to lasting political solutions. Israeli leaders must adopt a different attitude toward dissent or betray the democratic ideals on which their nation was founded. The U.S. can back Israel without backing intolerance and oppression. American influence in Israel is enormous. It should support more democracy, not less...
...majority opinion and Mr Graham's dissent do demonstrate that the extreme measures to which the protesters have been driven is indicative of a larger problem--the lack of real student input into important University decisions. The Corporation's high-handed closed-door governance has caused the divestiture debate to degenerate to the level of this recent protest...
...South African diplomat at Lowell House in the spring of 1985 to the disruption of an alumni dinner at the 350th celebration this fall, the University has drawn criticism--from both supporters and opponents--for its ambiguous response to demonstrators. Harvard administrators have tried whenever possible to minimize dissent instead of risking publicity by confronting it either in word or in deed. But by avoiding confrontation the University has subverted the role and purpose of civilly disobedient protest...
Soviet behavior following its recently launched "human rights offensive" should be closely monitored, a prominent dissident advocate said yesterday at a Law School conference on "Dissent and Religious Persecution in the Soviet Union...
...steady watcher of the evening news has to be aware of how cozily television reporters imply that they have inside information when they are merely repeating the Administration line. Many reporters believe no previous Administration has been so efficient and disciplined at controlling the flow of information, concealing internal dissent, going after leakers and shutting down access: all to get its own version across. As Marvin Kalb of NBC's Meet the Press told the forum, "This particular Administration begins its day by deciding how it will look on television at 7 o'clock that night. All activity...