Word: meant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...foreign ministers from the Organization of American States, the issue of human rights took up one-fourth of his 20-minute address. Though Carter was obviously referring to violations in Latin America, his warning that "there are costs to the flagrant disregard of international standards" was presumably meant to be heard in Moscow as well...
Although Lenin scarcely meant it to apply to relations between Marxist regimes, China and Viet Nam have embraced his dictum that "hatred is the basis of Communism." In both countries last week there were signs of mounting tension. Hanoi, Hue and Haiphong, as well as all of Viet Nam's armed forces, went on alert, and radio stations announced that "self defense" classes were being set up. On the Chinese side, the number of troops on the frontier was increased, and crews moved into border areas to widen roads for the passage of military equipment...
According to Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University and one of the authors of Harvard's amicus brief, "Until ten years ago, diversity at Harvard simply meant an all-white student body." The change the concept of diversity has undergone since then is the product of "large forces released in our society in the late '60s," Steiner says, and he admits there is nothing down on paper to prevent Harvard from returning to its earlier concept of diversity...
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in favor of the snail darter's right to life. Wrote Chief Justice Warren Burger: "The plain intent of Congress was to halt and reverse the trend toward extinction." In dissent, Justice Lewis Powell noted dryly that this meant vital federal projects would have to be canceled if they "threaten some endangered cockroach." Indeed, the decision could affect at least eleven other projects, including the proposed $690 million Dickey-Lincoln Dam in Maine, which would endanger the Furbish lousewort, a rare plant that resembles the snapdragon...
...have a jagged cutting edge, but the melodies slip them straight into the mainstream, where they are anchored by Edmunds' fire-wheel lead guitar, Lowe's bemused vocals and fast-breaking bass ("I'm never gonna win any awards for my playing"). The sound-straight, uncomplicated, meant to give you a quick hit of euphoria-has its roots in the defunct British group Brinsley Schwarz. Lowe put in a five-year stint with the Brinsleys, while Edmunds produced some of their songs...