Word: explained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Writing an article about "Why I Am Against Abortion" is like writing about "Why I Am Against Killing High School Students." How do I explain that one group of people is indistinguishable from any other group of people, and so should enjoy the same basic rights...
...Justices are not talking to each other, take.'' there is Such not absence enough of informal give consultation and can lead to a proliferation of concurring opinions, as each Justice feels compelled to explain his point of view...
First, candidates point out that the committee controls all appointments within the system, from top administrators down to driver's administrators. The council can only make noise over City Manager James L. Sullivan's personnel decisions, they say. Then they explain how the school committee makes up its own budget, while control of the city budget rests mainly with Sullivan. Once satisfied that the audience knows they do more than decide what year to teach "Health," candidates can turn to the real issues...
...someone at Brown has forgotten that "Bruins" is supposed to be only a nickname and has dressed up some real live big brown ones to play the offensive line. How else can you explain so many creatures over 240 pounds on an Ivy football field...
...society if they represent a class or interest. We are not mobilized by ideas alone. The competition between intellectual magazines has little effect on general public opinion. Podhoretz' analysis underplays the spontaneity of political actions. If, as he submits, we act only when gripped by ideas, how can he explain the riots by blacks in Watts in the summer of 1965? His view of the 1960s denies both social and economic factors, and accounts unsatisfactorily for political eruptions. Any celebration of intellectuals must remain within bounds. When Podhoretz exaggerates the efficacy of intellectuals he is really Breaking Ranks...