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...height of the disturbances of free speech that took place in the early 1970s, professor James Q. Wilson remarked on the growing number of subjects which could not be discussed in a free and open setting, citing the Vietna, War, race relations, and other such topics. Nothing on the order of those disturbances now threatens free speech--at least openly. But try, at dinner or in a section, to start an argument against divestiture, or for U.S. military involvement in EI Salvador, or in favor of Reagan--ior against affirmative action, for that matter...
...student drew himself up to his fullest height, looked the proctor squarely in the eye, and said in outrage. "Do you have any idea...
...avoiding reference to technologies that have evolved since the novel was written. Typically the omnipresent telescreens project Big Brother's propaganda in black and white, never color, and their shape is that of antique sets. At the Ministry of Truth, no one has ever heard of the microchip. The height of sophisticated communication is represented by the pneumatic tube and the dial phone. And when O'Brien tortures Winston into submissiveness to the state, his instruments are the old-fashioned table with leather straps and electroshock. All of this matches perfectly the external world through which Winston and Julia stumble...
...process, the Tunik report concluded, the stocks' value reached a level that was nearly three times the banks' capital. Tunik said that the bankers' strategy of buying shares amounted to "manipulative regulation" and helped send their prices to an artificial height and an inevitable fall. The report noted that Meir Heth, chairman of the stock-exchange board, predicted the collapse, but his warnings were ignored by the Israeli Treasury and the central bank...
...register the change. When Konstantin Chernenko first took over the Soviet leadership, he followed Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's hard line against the U.S. But in June the Soviets spoke of resuming arms talks in Vienna. Then Gromyko agreed to meet with Reagan in Washington, at the height of the presidential campaign. The Soviets can read public opinion polls, and realized that they would have to deal with Ronald Reagan for four more years...