Word: neither
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diplomatic corps waits in anticipation. One Soviet official has declared that we cannot long linger in our current state of being neither hostile nor friendly to each other. America's response to SALT and now to Soviet troops in Cuba could set the direction for the new decade's foreign developments. Intelligence officers still believe the Persian Gulf to be a volatile place, but they have now added the Caribbean to their worries, some privately predicting a "Castro government" in Nicaragua by Christmas...
...Neither Ferguson nor other committee members believe these problems of tenure and possible confrontation to be insurmountable. Committee members say that they believe in the legitimacy and intellectual excitement of Afro-American Studies, and want to make sure other Harvard community members think so, too. Although efforts to help Afro-Am have a long history of failure, they remain confident. "This really is a last ditch effort--if this doesn't work, nothing will," Patterson says. Rosovsky and the rest of the committee are laying cautious odds that it will, but this year should prove a crucial test of that...
Coach John Anderson also faces the task of finding a replacement for graduated quarterback, Mark Whipple, Larry Carbone and Scott Dumont. Each have a shot at the position. Both are talented and more mobile than Whipple but neither is experienced...
Experienced Ivy quarterbacks are about as easy to find as discos in Iran. Only Columbia and Princeton feature experienced signal callers but neither team has the horses to be a title contender. Meanwhile, Brown, Dartmouth and Yale, on the basis of strength in other positions, look to be the favorites. But whether they win, place or show will depend to a great extent on their ability to solve the quarterback question...
...issue is even more complex for the union, which sees its base steadily eroding. Neither watchman nor security guards are members of the union. At the same time, the union demand for more equitable promotions within the department has backfired, weakening its position still further. Before the last contract negotiations, the police charged that the few times Gorski promoted officers he chose them arbitrarily. The union contended that the lack of equity, internal communication and job security had severely damaged police morale, and demanded that the University correct the situation before it renegotiated a contract...