Word: humanitarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effect. Despite the grumblings of the public, newspapers are widely respected, or at least read. The press is protected, more or less, by the First Amendment, which states that Congress may make no law limiting its power. Over the years, newspapers have had ample opportunity to laud their own humanitarian accomplishments. Thousands of editorials have appeared in dailies throughout the country touting the primacy of freedom of the press in a political system. The recent battery of editorials condemning the Supreme Court for its ruling that newspapers are not above the law illustrates the determination with which the press attempts...
...treason in Moscow, he was speedily convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison and a hard-labor camp. The accusation: spying for a foreign intelligence service that was obviously, though it was not explicitly stated, the CIA. Although President Carter had categorically denied the charge, Washington?for humanitarian reason?was exploring the possibility of exchanging two Russian spies arrested in New Jersey for Shcharansky...
...associate publisher and advertising sales director, as well as the one he will continue to hold as a vice president of the company. A man of modesty and personal warmth who hastens to introduce himself as Jack and talks quietly of doing "the job at hand," Meyers has humanitarian concerns beyond the magazine; among other commitments, he serves as a member of the national board of the Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities...
Under his directorship, the Student Affairs Office has promoted humanitarian attitudes and respect for people, Poussaint said, "We've tried to be the backbone of student counseling and support systems," he added. Among the faculty, he said he "created a more colleague-type at "created a more colleague-type atmosphere toward students...
Belgium had agreed to help out Mobutu for humanitarian reasons. Concentrating on the rescue mission, Brussels' 1,300 red-bereted paratroopers cleared the key routes into Kolwezi, set up an emergency medical-aid station at the city's airport, and began evacuating refugees. The fighting was done by 600 legionnaires, who encircled Kolwezi, took up positions on the main roads, and then launched foot patrols inside the city. The French troops encountered an ephemeral enemy that drifted away rather than risk a pitched battle. There were, however, a few fierce skirmishes, in which the legion lost four...