Word: let
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...let it pass when J. Danforth Quayle accused liberals of being anti-grandmother in the vice presidential debate. Quayle, after all, is not acclaimed for his intellectual prowess. But when a bona fide conservative intellectual (or is that an oxymoron?) accuses us of hating football, this enthusiastic gridiron fan takes offense...
...Let's hear it for tradition...
...response of many people on campus has been that the gay, lesbian and bisexual community should stop causing trouble and let everyone return to the `peaceful co-existence' that the entire Harvard community shared before this series of incidents. But the lesson of the past few weeks should be that that peace was only a comfortable illusion for those students who feel little connection to or sympathy for the gay community...
...that the liberals had spoken cravenly against some of the clerical regime's previous policies, including its obstinate prosecution of a war that cost Iran an estimated 350,000 lives. In case anyone doubted his aims, Khomeini told the clerics, "As long as I am here, I will not let the government fall into the hands of the liberals. As long as I am alive, I will never stop cutting off the hands of agents of the U.S. and the Soviet Union...
...meantime, what is a worried parent to do? Jackson counsels caution but still recommends that children get a steady diet of fresh fruits and vegetables, organically grown if possible. And he warns people not to let their fears push them into food foolishness. "I wouldn't want parents to go back to Big Macs," he says, "because they're concerned about the broccoli...