Word: furor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hopes of blocking the pipeline were slim. At most, American sanctions might delay construction, and that hardly seemed worth the cost in European ill-will. The White House clearly underestimated the depth of European resentment, despite warnings from, among others, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig (the pipeline furor played no small part in his abrupt resignation last month). British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, visiting Washington shortly after the sanctions were tightened, vehemently protested the move. A surprised Reagan responded: "But I thought you could live with it." Thatcher made it clear that she could...
...pasted like wafers on his expressionless face, avoided the gaze of those in the courtroom through the very end. What emotions swirled in his twisted psyche-a mystery that neither psychiatrists nor jury felt they could fathom-were kept inside. John Hinckley had got off-and raised a nationwide furor about insanity...
This year's two notable gay issues--the appearance of Lavender Portfolio and the furor over a letter critical of gays by Faculty member Edward I. Pattullo--both confronted gay sexuality squarely And if the level of discourse briefly improved in each case as the community plunged into psychological theorizing, both events also built up so much tension and misunderstanding as to nearly offset any gains in awareness...
...recent furor over the letter from Pattullo, director of the University's Center for Behavioral Studies, provided a perfect example of such blurring Pattullo expressed his belief that "negative social pressure" might help dissuade potential gays from pursuing an undesirable lifestyle. The GSA's demand that Pattullo apologize and that the University investigate his academic practices threw wide open the debate over the origins of homosexuality and in the absence of conclusive scientific answers, that debate drifts inevitably back to regions that smack of homophobia...
...necessary to wield effective negative social pressure will at the same time erode the foundation of gays' civil rights. In all likelihood, it will not be possible for you, Director even as the leader of our movement, to restrain the anti-gay social current that you fostered. A public furor, once aroused, will require a target and although you may add others to the list of your enemies, you will be unable to preserve fundamental rights of minorities against a majority faction. I'm telling you all of this now, Director, because I don't want...