Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anger, or at least spirited disagreement, is the most common impetus for a letter to the editor, and reader dissent surfaced early on-with the year's first issue, honoring the computer as Machine of the Year. This break with TIME'S tradition of choosing a living human as Man of the Year did not sit well with most of the 1,219 readers who wrote to us; 953 censured the selection. More than one called the choice "unbelievable." Other comments: "To glorify a piece of metal that could some day rule our lives is ludicrous" and "Byte...
...only part of the school affected by federal funds, it alone is subject to Government regulation. Writing for the majority, Justice Byron White found no evidence that Congress intended U.S. regulatory authority to "follow federally aided students from classroom to classroom." That, said Justice William Brennan in a lengthy dissent, was just what Congress intended...
Hopefully these efforts will continue throughout the rest of the year, with the BSA taking the forefront in issues at Harvard and throughout the community. The group will gain prestige and a reputation for unity and coherence rather than an image focused on dissent...
...period characterized by student dissent--Harvard students protested the appearance of Shah Muhammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran, interrupting his speech several times in an overcrowded Sanders Theatre...
...years at the head of the Soviet security and intelligence empire, Andropov transformed a demoralized organization into a thoroughly professional force capable not only of keeping order at home but of advancing Soviet interests abroad with growing sophistication. In contrast to predecessors who used mass terror to suppress dissent, Andropov employed a broad range of punishments selectively tailored for each nonconformist and effectively crushed the dissident movement, which he once dismissed as a "skillful propaganda invention...