Word: falle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your predecessor, Ronald W. Reagan, came into office with a clear set of objectives--beat inflation, rebuild the military, re-establish national pride. Within his first 100 days the hostages in Iran were released, inflation began to fall, Congress was forced to spend more on defense and the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched successfully...
...regents were responding to a series of obnoxious acts by white students. Last fall the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity staged a mock slave auction, complete with some pledges in blackface. More recently, white male students have trailed black female students, shouting, "I've never tried a nigger before." Some civil libertarians have complained, however, that the new rule violates constitutional guarantees of free speech, no matter how irresponsibly that right is exercised...
...rulers were loath to set the stage with a crackdown. Some cynics speculated that conservatives plan to use the spasm of protest to claim a new liberal victim, possibly Hu's successor, Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. But a Western diplomat in Beijing disagreed, suggesting that the era of fall-guy politics has ended. Said he: "Can they let another guy go down the tubes, given the growing cynicism of the Chinese people, the concern for human rights outside the country and their need for more foreign investment...
...council's biggest mistake was its failure to inform the student body of its impending vote. The current campus debate, raging in dining halls and dorm rooms, should have contributed to the decision, rather than come after the fact. When the council discussed the finals club resolution earlier this fall, it postered the campus announcing the meeting; ROTC has proven to be as controversial, and students should have been given as much advanced warning...
...presence of ROTC at Princeton is once again in jeopardy as a committee appointed by the university's president considers student opposition to ROTC because of its discrimination against gays and lesbians. The committee, which includes students, faculty members and administrators, is expected to produce a recommendation early this fall, Burbach says...