Word: mindedness
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In a speech to NATO foreign ministers in Copenhagen last week, Secretary of State James Baker listed several of the conditions for assistance that Gorbachev had tried to head off. The U.S.S.R. is potentially a prosperous country, said Baker, but "to tap this potential, the Soviets must move to embrace...
Ryzhkov, who was replaced as prime minister in January, thought he had pocketed the military vote when he chose General Boris Gromov as his running mate. An articulate hard-liner, Gromov served as the Soviet commander in Afghanistan before becoming Deputy Interior Minister in December. But even if Rutskoi does...
According to Singer, the Admissions Committee has decided against tracking all openly gay or lesbian applications through Webb on the principle that it is the responsibility of all committee members to be open-minded.
The professors say the stifling of such unpopular opinions poses a dangerous threat to freedom of speech and scholarship. "The test of a university as an open-minded institution is the degree in which these positions are welcomed and treated," says Edward O. Wilson, Baird professor of science, who has...
And Minter has confronted plenty of criticism for trying to promote a program that looks for a middle ground somewhere between meek acceptance of the status quo's evolution and more confrontational social activism. Specifically, AWARE has earned more than a few barbs from critics who claim it is "preaching...