Word: filtered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intangible ways as in concrete actions. Next to no one really trusts the community relations office, because too often it has bowed to internal pressure and opposed needed city actions. A more independent community relations office able to deal with the city instead of acting as a two-way filter is imperative, for Harvard has to give the appearance of cooperation as well as its substance...
...from the Swiss border, into a bomb shelter that even the Guide Michelin might approve. Behind a 1½-ton steel and reinforced concrete door and enclosed within 4 ft.-thick walls, the room is equipped with a hand-cranked ventilator that sucks in outside air and could filter out radioactive dust. Most evenings, the fare includes steaks, omelets and salads. Come the holocaust, though, Deur's village clientele will be treated to a repast of freeze-dried haricots verts, vacuum-packed charcuterie and as much French wine as survives the first blast. The dining room ordinarily seats...
...delegates and alternates. Campaign Research Chief Martin Franks says optimistically, "Our delegates are true believers." The question is whether the Carterites will stay true blue for the two weeks before the convention if the bad news continues to flow. Signs of uneasiness in the ranks were beginning to filter into the White House. Says one top aide, who is phoned by contacts all over the nation: "We're not getting any calls specifically saying, 'Oh, God, this is terrible,' but they're wondering what's going on and it comes up in the course...
People do read newspapers, listen to the radio, watch television and go to the movies, where they are also barraged with propaganda.* But with a lifetime of constant practice, Soviet citizens develop a mental filter that allows them to block out the ideological exhortations and concentrate instead on entertainment or just-the-facts news?to the extent that facts are printed...
...plus working with students and faculty--I haven't scene any arrogance at all," he says as he drags on his Chesterfield non-filter...