Word: enlightenment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talks of the "brief brilliant reign" of reason in the 18th century, but it did not enlighten those resolutely wrong colonial experts in England. To see reason at its worst, she might have examined at more length the self-destructive phenomenon that she only touches on in her introduction: the French Revolution...
This horror show fueled outrage among Americans, but did little to enlighten them about the Indochinese themselves. The often violent resentment directed towards the Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian refugees who have recently entered our communities shows how ignorant many Americans still are of the extraordinary plight of people whose hearts and minds were a focus of widespread concern little more than a decade...
...point that the concern for human life will make abortion a socially and morally objectionable practice, as well as useless. In the meantime, responsible debate on the issue of abortion should continue; articles like Ms. Idelson's, however, only serve to mislead and confuse, instead of instruct and enlighten. Michael T. Matthews...
...simple way to block disclosure without charging offenders with criminal violations of secrecy laws. But critics of the directive regard the restrictions as a potentially dangerous undermining of the ability and willingness of officials to discuss what they learned in Government after they leave it and thus to enlighten public debate on future issues. "This is as close as an American Government has come to implementing an Official Secrets Act," argues Allan Adler, a counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union...
...effort is part of "Human Rights Week." a three-day campaign beginning today in which A.I. members hope to enlighten Harvard students about human rights issues of encourage them to become involved. Harvard A.I. co-chairman Norman E. Yamada '84 said. Veselica is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for distributing "hostile propaganda," and Orlando is serving a 15-year sentence for opposing martial...