Word: matters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fundamental progress of computer technology demands experimentation, and has required it for decades. Punishing a young man for pursuing a harmless prank that has been accepted and encouraged by the entire system should be a matter of debate--not of closing one's eyes and unthinkingly invoking inadequate laws...
...should this be so? As a matter of logic, it makes no sense. Serious beliefs derive from serious reflection, over a long time. A serious thinker should always be open to counterarguments from those who disagree, but the mere fact of disagreement, however widespread, shouldn't count for much...
...argued that Bush as the heir to Reagan may have in any case embraced the President's read- my-lips gospel on taxes, but the unyielding fervor of the Vice President's position was shaped by his need to placate the right wing of his party. Similarly, no matter how Dukakis had chosen to position himself on the spectrum, it was probably inevitable that Bush would have gravitated to divisive issues like the Pledge of Allegiance. Still, the overheated liberal atmosphere of Iowa certainly made Bush's task easier, if no more palatable. It was, after all, in Iowa that...
...Bush's victory, no matter how large the margin, gives him a mandate to require loyalty oaths, promote philoprogenitiveness, deny prison furloughs, and very little else...
...council will discuss the matter beforeissuing a response to the plan. Masters andadministrators said they welcomed student input,emphasizing that yesterday's proposal is onlytentative. Any changes must be approved by Dean ofthe College L. Fred Jewett '57 by January