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Word: hope (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...purpose of the invitation was two-fold: first, translating English into Ukrainian probably is an interesting problem, at least for specialists. But more importantly, the department sent the invitation in the hope of helping Karavansky's situation. Karavansky could use some help; he has spent nearly 30 of his 59 years in Soviet jails as a political prisoner...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Dissident in Limbo | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

Students complained that because of construction in the Square, the bus leaving the Radcliffe Quadrangle at 8:50 was not reaching the Yard in time for nine o'clock classes. "By moving everything up five minutes in the morning we hope to solve that problem," Anne M. Gregory, director of the shuttle service, said...

Author: By Joanne Amsterdamska, | Title: Student Complaints Prompt Revisions in Shuttle Schedule | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

Part of the reason for the failure of progressive forces in recent years has been the left's misplaced emphasis on electoral politics. In the midst of a Presidential campaign in which all three Democratic non-candidates have been wooing the left--more with images of idealism and hope than with tangible proposals or commitments--the left must be careful not to make the mistakes it has repeatedly made in the past which have cost us our influence on national policy. The left must not be seduced or deluded into backing one of the three in the belief that...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: What's Left in 1980 | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

...fiscal prudence and strong defense in Peoria, but here in the cradle of liberty, the only state that voted for McGovern in '72, the home of hundreds of thousands of college students and young professionals, the three fell over each other in trying to appear as the real hope of the broad left wing of the political spectrum. Kennedy and Carter campaigned for the JFK nostalgia vote while Brown went for the anti-nuke, anti-corporate inner space forces...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: What's Left in 1980 | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

...blacks who were rioting and attacking private property--so he sent his most rabid loyalists to prepare a bill to revise the criminal code and beat back Communists who were obviously responsible for all these disturbances--and S1 was born. Why is Kennedy, who bills himself the last hope of the liberals, backing it? If you want to be President you have to appeal to the center and the right--and being tough on crime is one time-tested way. And so what if a few civil liberties get trampled...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: What's Left in 1980 | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

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