Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would agree that if this bill fails, it willdemonstrate that the council is more committed totaking principled stances on controversial issuesrather than serving students," said David A.Campbell '00, who supported the legislation in ane-mail message to the list.A-6CLASHCrimsonGrant S. QuashaALL IN FAVOR: The UndergraduateCouncil now faces leaders divided over theorganization's direction...
...Southworth, in in which a group of law students at the University of Wisconsin have claimed that their compulsory student activities fees--which finance a wide range of groups, including student political groups of all stripes--violate their free speech rights. Two lower courts ruled in the dissenters' favor, agreeing that they could not be forced to endorse, via their fees, views they didn't agree with...
...Kazan is like Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl: a great artist who did bad political deeds [CINEMA, March 8]. His art doesn't cancel out the evil he did in naming names of people who were involved with the Communist Party. Your writer Richard Schickel made the wrong argument in favor of Kazan's honorary Oscar. Schickel stated that Kazan's films are so good that they cancel out his misdeeds, saying history resists easy moralizing. The right argument is that Oscar should be about great art and cinematic achievement, and Kazan deserves the Oscar for that reason. MITCH GART Bedford...
...survived our insurrection, and when it failed, we felt we had to look elsewhere for jobs. In the process of searching, we became convinced that our best course was to set up our own company to complete Shockley's original goal--which he had abandoned by this time in favor of another semiconductor device he had also invented--to make a commercial silicon transistor...
...today, every undergraduate on campus has been through the blocking process, and it will take some time for the scars to heal. But whether you are a rising sophomore preparing for upperclass life or a senior preparing to face next year, do yourself a favor. Muster all of your courage, practice your swimming skills, secure your flotation devices--your talents, your wisdom, your self--respect-and set sail to enjoy the adventure. Someday, when you drop anchor on a new and stunning shore, you'll be glad...