Word: formalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that "emergency procedures were finally approved." No such approval has occurred. Early in 1983, after exhaustive study, I concluded that it would be impossible to protect the county's 1.3 million residents in the event of a nuclear accident at the Shoreham facility. The county legislature agreed. No formal emergency plan has ever been approved by Suffolk County or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
Gassama: What has been happening here is that there has been a reaction to the formal way of teaching the law--the exclusion of these concerns--and so there has necessarily been a period in which students have gone the other way. But it is not necessary for it to be that way. If professors were to start out with a recognition of all concerns, not just one particular concern based on their up-bringing or their understanding of society. I think one would find a better atmosphere for critiquing various postions in great depth...
...College grants the Masters great leeway; they are not accountable, in any formal way, to any higher body in College administration, Entrusted with the responsibility for their students well-being, Masters seem unwilling to share that responsibility with others--including the students themselves...
...then told me he would immediately "Datafax" the paper to Camp David, where the President was resting. That evening Clark phoned and reported that the President had seen the draft instructions but had not approved them, judging that the issues were of such import that there should be a formal NSC meeting two days later...
...positions prepared for him while we were in Europe. Reagan remained detached, friendly and still clearly a bit puzzled by my call. "That's all right, Al, don't worry," he said at last. I hung up and sent Habib his instructions without the President's formal approval. I tried to call Clark to inform him but was informed that he had retired for the night...