Word: expectantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be a tragedy if there came to be a time when only the crazed or fanatical were protected. Yet that is the danger we approach as year after year the violations of free speech accumulate uncorrected, as it becomes ever more clear that unpopular speakers at Harvard can expect to be harassed and intimidated, and that the university will neither seriously discipline the perpetrators nor invite the silenced speakers back. If students on the Right were to take a cue from students on the Left and, on the grounds that Professor Kennedy's recent remarks were offenseive and insensitive...
Bookies are already listing the Tories as 2-to-13 favorites, with Labor at 4 to 1 and the Alliance a 25-to-1 long shot. Still, few expect the kind of electoral landslide that gave the Conservatives 397 seats in the House of Commons four years ago. Most analysts predict that the Thatcherites will be lucky to emerge with half the 144-seat majority they won then. Even so, Tebbit, the feisty party chairman, predicts the election will be a "walk" for the Tories. That may be overly optimistic, but try telling Thatcher. "I am still bursting with energy...
...candidates depend increasingly on slick media advisers and "image campaigns," the press takes on a greater role in trying to illuminate the person behind the facade. What's more, the pervasiveness of the electronic media has conditioned Americans to expect a more complete picture of their political leaders. In the days before TV, a clear distinction could be maintained in the print press between politicians' "onstage" and "offstage" activities. Now, with cameras and microphones following them everywhere, that distinction has broken down. The White House tapes showed what President Nixon was "really" like; network crews pursue Presidents even on their...
...four in personal computing -- IBM, Apple, Compaq and Tandy -- logged first-quarter unit sales of PCs that were about 10% higher than last year's. Industry analysts expect the spurt to signal the start of a lasting recovery. The Dataquest market-research firm predicts that personal- computer unit sales will rise 14% for the year as revenues surge...
Meese, who will not be called until Phase 2, can expect rough handling over his sloppy initial investigation as well as his dubious legal advice to the President that it was proper to withhold notification of the Iran deals from Congress. But as to whether there was a cover-up, Maine Republican Senator William Cohen notes, "You cannot prove that Meese's ineptitude was calculated...