Word: imprimature
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rare commodity in the politics of Communist Eastern Europe, but last week Hungary provided a genuine cliff-hanger. When 986 participants at the country's first national party conference in 31 years gathered in Budapest's trade-union meeting hall, word went out that the official agenda, bearing the imprimatur of Party Leader Janos Kadar, had been quietly shelved. As the conference began, the key question was whether Kadar, 75, might also be shelved. In his opening speech, Kadar himself acknowledged the need to "rejuvenate" the party leadership...
...beyond the obvious attempts to stamp their products with the imprimatur of high culture, the questions remains as to why these authors in particular are chosen. After all, there's no dearth of well-known dead writers. In the case of James, Rolls Royce no doubt was aware that the famed American anglophile would be the perfect author to endorse this symbol of British luxury to an American audience...
...most prominent in Boulder and in Barnet, Vt. He had tapped a vein. A section of what used to be called the counterculture desired a guru, and here he was in the flesh. By 1975, after the establishment in Boulder of the Naropa Institute, a liberal arts college, his imprimatur was everywhere. One could stick pins in a map, connect the dots and, with apologies to Amtrak, call it the Angst Express. The confused came to be made sound...
...matter how elitist, racist or ideologically unacceptable final clubs are, no one is forced to join one simply by attending Harvard. On the other hand, attending Harvard means paying tuition, and that means supporting the endowment and Harvard's investment stance. That there is no avoiding placing this tacit imprimatur on the investment policy is what motives those who oppose this policy to try to change it. One can passively oppose final clubs by not belonging; there is no way to passively oppose investment policy...
...disclose how any intelligence matter was obtained." Washington, however, flatly dismisses the possibility that South Korea was behind any fabrication. If Seoul had been playing disinformation games, moreover, it got badly burned. The government's clumsy handling of the loudspeaker announcements, all but giving them its official imprimatur, caused an uproar in the National Assembly. Said Opposition Leader Kim Young Sam: "I have to question the ability of our government's intelligence system." Few governments, particularly in Asia, would manufacture a story that was guaranteed to result in a loss of face with its allies. That is precisely what happened...