Word: existing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What is so enervating is that the dander comes in large measure from inside your own mind, Enveloped in official lies, swathed in ... ironic smile, smothered in warm and generous friendliness that can burn cold at an order from above, you exist in the knowledge that at any moment of the state's choosing it can manipulate your surrounding environment gradually or dramatically to cause slight discomfort or excruciating pain. So you begin to take a defensive posture. You feel guilt over ordinary acts of courtesy goodwill toward Russians who want book they cannot get, for instance...
...people who have especially early classes, alternatives exist. People who have 9 a.m. classes "have to go short," says Tracy. That means either the 25- or the 30-mile loop, she adds...
Universities have a special interest in upholding free speech. Educational institutions exist to further the search for truth and understanding and to encounter the personal development of all who study and work within their walls. Because the right to speak freely and the opportunity to enjoy an open forum for debate are so closely related to these central purposes, the university has a stake in free speech that goes beyond the interests of its members. Its integrity as an institution is bound up in the maintenance of this freedom, and each denial of the right to speak diminishes the university...
Detroit only has its sports teams. And it seems an eternity since we have received satisfaction even from them. So when they win, as the Tigers have done, the city forgets its troubles, and the lethargy which normally immobilizes people briefly ceases to exist. Not we have something which has galvanized us as a community to show the world...
...current promotion of irradiation treatment is particularly troubling in light of contentions by some scientists that safer alternatives do exist. For example, diatomaceous earth used for years by some grain farmers is a non-toxic insecticide, with none of the side effects of irradiation...