Word: grave
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...added that we must stand up and take notice, because "when the wrongdoer is the highest authority in the land, the situation is very grave indeed...
...strongly opposed to this initiative and have grave doubts about its constitutionality. Still, I would not make a public statement on the subject were it not for one fact. The Act explicitly prohibits research and thus forces us to consider how far a community can go in restricting the kinds of inquiry that may go on in a university. This is an issue of such importance to Harvard that I felt compelled to call attention to it and make my views known...
...knowledge that has good and bad applications, Recognizing the contributions that free inquiry can make to human advancement, we have united over many years to allow research to go forward and not to deny the possibility of progress altogether. Even in the face of strong protest and warnings of grave consequences to follow, we have chosen not to prohibit inquiry but to work through democratic procedures to enact laws that prevent knowledge from being used in undesirable ways. This tradition has been vital to our universities and has served our society well through the years...
...itself a relatively easy mark-to illustrate the ravages of nuclear war-but a punishingly high goal. It may be that no television film has ever had such ambition, or presumption, and just so no one misses the point, the network and the film makers spell it out in grave white letters just before the final fade: "It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this earth, their people and leaders, to find the means to avert the fateful...
...nebulous nature of the initiative should also cause Americans grave concern. Five-sixths of the projected land-based mix depends on Midgetman, a small missile proposed by the special Scowcroft Commission essentially to mitigate problems with the MX. However, the Midgetman has yet to be designed, and Congress and President Reagan have yet to move on it. It would seem unwise to summarily dismantle existing deterrent systems before equally effective replacements are assured. Also, verification of Soviet compliance with any "build-down" scheme would be extremely difficult. Finally, "build-down" has become an instant symbol of so-called bipartisan cooperation...