Word: lip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They've made progress on some things, but on a lot of points, they were just paying lip service," says council Secretary Michael J. Passante '99, who publicly backed Hyman and Rawlins in the spring, but is now endorsing Eric M. Nelson '99 for president...
...purpled with bruises, looming on a huge screen behind the former football star, the lawyer quizzed him about numerous other incidents in which witnesses say Nicole was hit by her husband. And Petrocelli walked Simpson through some landmarks on his former wife's bashed-in face: a split lip, a welt over her eye and red marks around her neck. Maybe they were caused by Nicole's propensity to pick at her pimples, Simpson suggested. "A lot of this redness would normally be there most nights, once she picked and cleaned her face," he said...
...crime is so heinous and destructive to our communities and race relations in America that we must make it clear that its actions are not only illegal but also completely unacceptable to society in general. Otherwise, we run the risk of painting our anti-discrimination laws as hollow lip-service to racial equality that do not reflect the opinions of our citizens...
...students and faculty. Faculty have argued that students prefer the Ad Board because it provides confidentiality and punishment based on precedent. The faculty should let the students decide this. The disciplinary board should have student representation as the default condition; student participation in disciplinary decisions is, at present, merely lip service. Only if the Ad Boarded student wishes for more privacy would he or she then request a trial by merely faculty representatives...
This decision is a welcome example of the University's paying more than lip service to student needs. OCS should institutionalize and expand the pilot program. We hope that the administration continues to put tangible, financial resources toward making life saner for undergraduates...