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...legitimacy of the here and now, to eliminate the "depth" consciousness of a metaphysical void and the need to transcend it, to find happiness by other means than spiritual self-aggrandizement, and to destroy the historicizing consciousness that piles up layers of immobilizing interpretations, ambiguities, expectations, and despairs that inhibit what Cioran calls "the temptation to exist...
...significance of the student's actions. It also offers an opportunity for the student to question the Committee and the complainant and to discuss informally with both a wide range of matters, some only indirectly related to the specific charge. (C. F. Cox's appeal) A public hearing . . . would inhibit many if not all parties to these discussions and lead the Committee to play the role of silent judge...
Last week some of Rumsfeld's political fears materialized. The Senate Finance Committee voted to forbid payment of federal salaries to any lawyer who challenges U.S. welfare policies. Rumsfeld vigorously urged the Senate to reverse the committee, saying the new rule "could seriously inhibit" the program. Also last week, Rumsfeld okayed a renewal of funding for two of the most controversial programs: $1,800,000 for California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) and $1,000,000 for legal aid on the Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Rumsfeld's critics are still worried. The Navajo grant...
Horner and Gerrity echoed Friedan's belief that sex roles as presently defined inhibit both men and women. "Perhaps we should re-define what we mean by mental health in order to allow these roles to be defied," said Horner...
...bomb in the CFIA did not materially inhibit the operation of that institution. We believe its purpose was to strike a symbolic blow against imperialism, and in so doing catalyze further actions. The blow has been struck; we doubt that the bombing, at this time, in this place, will help in the development of mass radical consciousness and actions. But our intention is to help to bring about those mass actions against the CFIA...