Word: furore
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...American organizations argued, somewhat illogically, that by designating the house, the Government would be honoring Capone, thus defaming their ethnic group. Said Robert Allegrini, executive director of the Joint Civic Commission of Italian Americans: "We shouldn't be haunted by Capone's ghost 50 years later." Daunted by the furor, Levell withdrew his proposal last week, explaining, "I still feel the house is historically significant, but not at the cost of hurting the Italian- American community...
...furor is a curious sort of testament to Kissinger. Twelve years out of office, he still commands immense authority, especially in the absence of fresh ideas from official Washington; the Bush Administration's long-awaited "national-security review" of policy toward the U.S.S.R. has turned out to be a prescription for business as usual. But the Kissinger plan is fundamentally flawed. It seeks from the men in the Kremlin something they are already willing to grant -- latitude for diversity and liberalization in the "fraternal" countries of Eastern Europe. And it offers in return assurances that have little to do with...
...mere idea that the Navy is drafting marine mammals has created a furor. A group of 15 organizations concerned with animal welfare has filed a lawsuit against the Government, charging that moving the dolphins from their homes in warm southern waters to the chilly Puget Sound will endanger the animals. Moreover, one of their former trainers asserts that the Navy has abused the dolphins. Still other critics question the wisdom of entrusting the security of the nation's underwater nuclear arsenal to animals, however clever...
...perpetuates the myth that life can be safe, although a look around at the filthy rivers, decrepit nuclear plants, air thick with pollution and tons of toxic wastes with no place to go shows that life is nothing of the sort. What the Alar alarm and the fruit furor do show is that certain risks -- those that are up close, personal and capable of capturing the public imagination -- make regulatory decisions politically easy. But while all the fuss was being made over the slight possibility that some fresh fruit had been poisoned, hundreds of other perils -- less interesting, less photogenic...
WHENEVER a university raises its tuitior, it sets off a furor among students who violently oppose paying even more than what they already consider an exorbitant cost. Such furor is increased when the institution is Harvard and when the hike in tuition reflects a continuing trend of cost increases outpacing inflation...