Word: harshness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nihilism, anarchism and disobedience." Student unrest, however, was only part of the story. During the past sev eral years, the long quiescent opposition to Franco had taken on sufficient stat ure to cause serious worry among the conservatives in the regime. When the crackdown came, it was characteristically harsh...
...embodied in the awkward acronym NIBMAR (No Independence Before Majority African Rule). Home Secretary James Callaghan angered nonwhite Commonwealth members by refusing to guarantee a welcome for any and all British passport holders of Asian descent. His refusal was particularly galling to East African nations, which have renewed a harsh campaign against thousands of Asian merchants in their midst. Since the majority hold British rather than local passports, black leaders in East Africa adamantly insist that the British should accept them. Britain has reacted against immigration-and its attendant demands on social services-with a new quota system, and Callaghan...
...work is hammered out of the acute awareness of self. But. while it can be accused at times of self-dramatization, his vision is harsh and realistic, and his lines have a driving force, as in "The Stranger...
Debate will go on about him even in the unlikely event that he never writes or speaks another sentence. For the short term, the verdict is likely to be harsh. Over a longer period, his prospects are better. It may be several years before the final results of the Viet Nam war are clear. Some of his domestic programs may set patterns for the future. His personality flaws, like those of some of his predecessors, will seem less significant a decade hence. Johnson, at least, is confident of history's favorable verdict, and will spend his remaining years buttressing...
...understand how even eight of the fifteen voting members of the Ad Board could have backed this proposal; the only rationale given for drastically increasing a student's punishment because of his past record in political demonstrations was a filmsy analogy to criminal law. And a piece of harsh disciplinary action backed by neither reason or precedent is just the sort of spark that could set off a paralyzing protest at Harvard...