Word: express
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only 62 votes-still five short of what they needed. Sensing that the treaty had stalled, Michigan G.O.P. Senator Robert Griffin, a vigorous opponent, devised a strategy of sending the pact back to the President with the advice to renegotiate it with Torrijos. When Carter called Griffin to express his fear that a defeat would be a "devastating blow to the presidency," the Senator rather sharply replied: "I'm also concerned about the presidency. If you don't have the votes, you ought to take the initiative and call the treaty back, the same...
...avid reader of The Crimson, I wish to express my dissatisfaction over the lack of sports coverage for subvarsity and club sports. I think The Crimson's sports coverage is generally satisfactory except for this one omission. It may well be a fault of the Athletic Department in not informing people of subvarsity sports events, but I think some effort should be made to give the hardworking participants of subvarsity, club, and intramural athletics more print. I realize that there is limited space in the daily paper for complete sports coverage of this kind, but even if an occasional article...
Learning is an active process. We must figure out for ourselves what we want to learn. Having someone else define what is important only perpetuates our childhood. Harvard should devote its energy to creating situations that encourage and nurture the interests that students express. I believe that given the right atmosphere, people begin to explore a wide range of interests. But, rather than trying to open us up, the Core proposal is an attempt to fill us up. It is no accident that there isn't a requirement that undergraduates take one course in creative writing, studio art, public speaking...
...trial on espionage charges. Last week the regime gave him a present of sorts, a state-appointed lawyer named Silva Dubrovskaya, who was described by the chairman of the Moscow bar association as a "lovely woman and a very experienced trial lawyer." One of her first acts was to express surprise to Western newsmen at their interest in what she called "an ordinary case." Said she: "Very soon the time will come when you will find out everything you want to know...
...include Ford's own Bicentennial address?and edit the accompanying texts. The ex-President's aide, Robert Barrett, would not disclose the fee, but he did point out, "Mr. Ford believes in the free-enterprise system." Considering some recent examples of huckstering by ex-politicians, such as the American Express endorsements by Watergate Senator Sam Ervin and onetime Vice-Presidential Candidate William ("Remember me?") Miller. Ford's venture might be said to have its sterling qualities. There is nothing shoddy about the product: a set of the medals in silver costs $1,950: in gold...