Word: membership
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...enough to shock even Salvadorans, who are inured to almost daily reports of disappearances and murder. During the midday television news, a home videotape flickered across the screen. Seated in front of a purple-and-white Salvadoran flag, three men nervously confessed to past membership in the Salvadoran Communist Party. That very morning, said the news announcer, the right-wing group that sent the tape had condemned the three men to death on a charge of "high treason." The terrorists then strangled the men and a female doctor, and afterward dumped the bodies in a San Salvador parking...
...contribution to independent thinking and its encouragement of diversity. Yet if we are to share this satisfaction we must also share its responsibilities and withdraw our tacit sanctioning of organizations whose structure stands in contradiction to these principles. It is not possible to ignore association with groups whose membership is drawn from our community this would deny that our opinions and actions have an effect on our friends. We should not fail to acknowledge that the inherent values fostered with these clubs out-live our four years as undergraduates. Geoffrey Bok '84 Renata Villers '85 Stephen Selipsky...
...class president took the exam on which a student before the committee allegedly cheated. Maybe a committee member took that same class a year or two ago and can't understand how anyone could find it necessary to cheat in such an easy course. Worse yet, the committee membership rotates. No sooner does a member familiarize himself with procedures, rules and case histories than he finds himself back on the prowl in the exam room...
That was just the beginning. Another resolution aimed at NATO rejected "Britain's membership in any Pentagon-dominated military pact based on the first use of nuclear weapons." It called for the "elimination" of all foreign bases on British soil (only the U.S. has such bases) and declared that Labor's defense policy must be "solely concerned with the protection of Britain and its people." The resolutions passed by overwhelming acclamation...
Although most national coverage of industrial policy has allied its proponents with the Democratic Party, both Reich and Vogel downplay this association. Instead, they say, the group should have as broad a membership as possible...