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...purpose was to "reaffirm clearly and explicitly our own position against discrimination in the University," she said, and the motion was timed to provide a "counter-weight to the implicit endorsement of General [Colin L.] Powell's stance by the University." Powell, who chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has defended the military's policy on gays, is Harvard's Commencement speaker this year...
...legitimate part of the community. Mixner telephoned the White House repeatedly to express his disapproval, but his calls were not returned. When he spoke at a gay- oriented church and agreed to appear on ABC's Nightline, a White House aide tried to scare him off with implicit threats of ostracism. But at a subsequent meeting with gay leaders, Clinton left them optimistic that he would lift...
There is also the troubling issue of subsidiarity. Too often, a country's implicit opposition to international rules stems from perceived threats to independence and a de facto ceding of sovereignty...
...Implicit in the idea of professionalism is the recognition by those in positions of authority that in their relationships with students or staff there is always an element of power," states the report...
...name of a constituency (the unborn) who are not universally recognized as possessing rights or deserving defense. Moreover, the protesters envision their actions as a life-and-death matter. This situation superficially suggests that fanatical violence and disrespect for the rights of doctors and women are always implicit in pro-life activism...