Word: neighborly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will fail unless it is forged with international fellowship and carried out on a global scale. How much good can one country do by reducing carbon- dioxide emissions if another nation offsets that with an increased output of CO2? How can one country keep its beaches clean if its neighbor down the coast dumps sewage or syringes into the sea? "On most environmental questions, the nation-state is obsolete," said Pace University's Nicholas Robinson. "We have to talk about multinational cooperation...
Divestment activists, too, have waged a corporate campaign against the University. Last spring, activists conducted a "Know-Your-Neighbor" campaign, postering the neighborhoods of local members of the Board of Overseers, explaining to residents that their friendly neighbor was responsible for a company with investments in South Africa. Last spring, divestment became an agenda item at Board of Overseer meetings; last week, the Overseers approved a report calling for a slight modification in University investment policy toward South Africa...
...never had a pro-Harvard position," says Walsh. "Harvard is a neighbor, and you have to work with a neighbor...
...leap of faith, opting for trade liberalization and to move against an inward-looking, anti- American approach to the economy." In effect Mulroney's victory amounted to an affirmation that Canada's identity and sovereignty are sturdy enough to survive a closer economic embrace with its best friend and neighbor...
...other was the country's growing confidence. For decades, the national debate has been dominated by two uncertainties: economic and cultural survival in the shadow of the southern neighbor, and political survival as a bilingual confederation. Both challenges pushed the country into prolonged and often painful bouts of introspection. Mulroney's greatest accomplishment may well be to preside over the waning of an era of self-doubt...