Word: mined
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...positions and challenge their convictions. This is true. I am disturbed beause you seemed to imply that no one can ever be sure that they are right, and therefore should never act on their convictions. No one should ever silence free speech (sorry Crimson, this is one conviction of mine that I won't change, challenge as you will) but everyone who examines an issue and comes to the conclusion that something should be done has the freedom to act so as to achieve the desired change, so long as other's rights are not violated. If no one ever...
...world it does not exist or is not understood. It is difficult to achieve in tribal, rigidly hierarchical or other traditional societies. It requires a sophisticated calculus of tolerance: the notion that if I take away my neighbor's freedom for some immediate gain today, he may take away mine tomorrow. It requires an ability to compromise, to restrain religious and racial passions. It requires a highly unusual view of authority, which in many places is seen as necessary for order and national survival, for national morale and even pride. In a democracy, authority is something to be suspected...
...just kind of recovering from the feeling," said Dartmouth Coach JoAnn Harper, whose team finished in second place last year, two games behind the Crimson. "Winning the Ivies has been a goal of mine for a long time. It's been the goal of our team all year long...
...Defense Week, a Washington newsletter on military policies. "Under the Reagan Administration, the military began to receive a remarkable amount of money and influence, and it seemed important to learn more about it," he says. "My father's generation nearly all had firsthand experience with the military, but mine hasn...
...Washington Post, whose editorial writers are often skeptical about military action overseas, voiced approval of the raid. The most notable dissenter was former President Jimmy Carter, who predicted that the raid would make Gaddafi "a hero" in the Arab world and a worse menace than ever. But, Carter acknowledged, "mine is one of the lonely voices." It certainly seemed to be; polls indicated that the military strike against Libya was about as popular with the American public as any action Reagan has ever taken. An overwhelming 71% of 1,007 adults polled for TIME by Yankelovich/ Clancy, Shulman last week...