Word: existing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1970s and early 1980s have been dubbed by many as the "Age of Apathy," and perhaps appropriately so in light of the widespread ignorance about human rights issues both among the general population and among the supposedly informed Harvard community. While some simply pretend that problems do not exist, others claim that, because of the extent of the problem, any act they take would be in vain. Yet many fail to realize that by failing to take action on the issue, they all but condone the human rights violations occuring around them...
...real defense against terrorism can be said to exist, it must be in the realm of prevention. Airport metal detectors and reinforced barricades are the surface-level deterrents, but still more important is a reexamination of this country's image and actions abroad in light of terrorist motivations. White House officials have charged that the Iranian government did little to help end the recent crisis, thereby thwarting any hope of promptly ending the incident, but we have heard little about why the Iranians withheld their support...
TERRORISM will always exist as an appealing option to the fanatical, but it need not persist as a forum for the politically frustrated. Nor need it continue to single out American victims as readily as in the past. The United States government must ensure that its economic and political preponderance globally is tempered with a more thoughtful and respectful consideration of world peoples. If U.S. corporations are unwilling to exercise restraint on their own, our government must seek to enforce fair labor and safety practices abroad. If foreign governments receiving U.S. aid operate repressive regimes, this country must speak...
...reiterated their rejection of United Nations Resolution 242, which the King had suggested as the basis for such a conference. Passed in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967, the resolution calls on Israel to return occupied Arab territories in exchange for recognition of its right to exist...
...elements of an agreement for offensive weapons exist...