Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, said recently that while the Soviets probably will not stage a direct invasion of Yugoslavia, they will attempt to exploit dissent within the country...
...dissent, Justice Lewis Powell attacked the decision for "vague and sweeping language" and suggested that it would create "a national civil service system" run by judges. Another critic, John Gunther, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, expressed concern that the ruling might produce "a government of eunuchs." Said he: "I don't see how you can carry out policy that way. People go to the polls for a change. That's not just one person. It's staff as well...
...style and continuity of this paper would strongly advise me not to write an article in the first person. For purposes of this discussion, I will disregard the suggestion. Some observers might call the infraction self-indulgent at the very least, but those who understand the purpose of healthy dissent will accept it for the possibility it offers of doing some good...
That day after the South Carolina defeat, Connally, his closest advisers, his wife Nellie and his oldest son John B. III flew home. For 5½ hr. in flight they mulled over his chances. With little dissent and little anguish, Connally reached his decision. In Houston, Nellie's arm was around him, patting him gently as he announced, his eyes moistening slightly, that he did not "intend ever to be a candidate again...
...largest workers union in France. The party's perplexing silence on the exile of scientist Andrei Sakharov has alienated academics and intellectuals. Not since 1956, when Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin threw the PCF and its hard line Stalinism into a blender, has the party experienced such internal dissent. As the party splits, a tight-knit nucleus of traditional militants assumes control, ignoring the petitions of frustrated members...