Word: ironic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...practice, it doesn't work that way. The iron-clad protection of tenure is simply not necessary to cultivate diverse opinions. For one thing, universities themselves hold academic freedom sacred and will attempt to protect scholarship from outside interference, as they did during the McCarthy Era. Second, the legal system offers instructors protection against wrongful dismissal. For example, in the case of Ofsevit v. the State University of California and Colleges, the California high court ruled that the First Amendment protects teachers from dismissal for their political beliefs or activities...
...mother Lula last month -- and toward a bout with Tyson. Boxing savants expected it to be one more anonymous sacrifice to the Kong of sport. But Douglas had strength, stamina and grace. And he lacked what other Tyson victims have brought into the ring: fear of an "Iron Mike" mugging...
...post would seem tailored for Gorbachev, making him in effect the guardian of perestroika, a powerful overseer who could serve as an arbiter among political interest groups, prodding the parliament into action and blocking legislation that contradicted his vision of reform. In short, the new President would be the "iron hand" at the center advocated by both proponents and enemies of radical reform during the transition to a state governed by law. Pravda editor Ivan Frolov says "the idea of a presidential structure was born out of Gorbachev's personality . . . I would vote for Gorbachev with the assurance that...
Westerners might wonder how things could get worse. But returning to the city I knew all too well under the iron hand of Ceausescu, I understand why Rumanians feel that they've never had it so good. They revel in their traffic jams; Ceausescu all but banned cars to save fuel for export. After 24 years of state-sponsored terror, martial law by young soldiers who defeated the Securitate thugs in the Christmas revolution is a relief. "I like waiting for a newspaper," Ion, a Bucharest undergraduate, said last week. "For the first time here, there's news worth reading...
...civil war has flared in the Caucasus, secessionist fever has infected the Baltics -- and as far as many Soviets are concerned, all that party members and parliamentarians have done is gather for mass talkathons. There have even been calls from both Gorbachev's foes and his supporters for an "iron hand" to take control. The conservative daily Sovetskaya Rossiya complained last week that the Kremlin's brand of reform has been "costly, contradictory, and inadequately thought out" and called for a strengthening of party rule...