Word: furor
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Perhaps the best thing to come out of the T.F.A.P. disaster is that the furor it triggered has forced major international organizations to pay attention to the complexities surrounding tropical deforestation. The World Bank has been harshly criticized for promoting development projects that lead to the destruction of tropical forests. But the bank's vast influence in poorer nations gives it the potential to be a major force in plans to save the forests...
...furor has as much to do with the nominee's prospective job as with his alleged insensitivity. The 12-member 11th Circuit, covering Florida, Georgia and Alabama, reversed Ryskamp rulings on civil-liberties issues eight times during his short judicial tenure. In Ryskamp's defense, Justice Department officials note that his civil rights record mirrors that of other federal judges. But that is largely a reflection of the fact that liberals are an "endangered species" on the federal bench, as Sheldon Goldman, a University of Massachusetts expert on the judiciary, puts...
Administrators said they were perplexed by the Winthrop House furor over the move to the DeWolfe complex, saying that the accomodations in the new building are equal, if not superior, to those at the houses...
Bridget Kerrigan '91 raised a furor at Kirkland House last week when she hung the flag outside her window...
...would like to emphasize that several of the performers were extremely talented, and we regret that this otherwise successful event was overshadowed by the furor surrounding certain offensive material. The Social Committee welcomes any comments and suggestions on this topic or any future campus social events. Social Committee Undergraduate Council