Word: objects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council's handsome war chest promises to be an object of repeated dispute this term as individuals and groups get their first crack at the spoils collected from $10 term-bill fees. And Smith's responsibilities include chairing the Grants Committee--which will recommend how the council should distribute these coveted funds...
...gulf states know that only the U.S. has the power to deter major acts of aggression. But the U.S. is also the chief backer of Israel, and as such, it is the object of as much resentment as reliance. The gulf rulers are afraid that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's determination to annex the West Bank is at least as likely to plunge the region into chaos as are the combined threats of Arab radicalism, Islamic fundamentalism and Soviet adventurism. In that respect, they see the U.S. as part of their problem rather than part of the solution...
...While these acts may not be anti-Semitic, every school must will be on record as completely condemning and punishing any act against a symbol or object of religious importance," said Leonard P. Zakim, eastern states civil rights director of the Anti-determination League of B'nai Brith...
...Quaker college, so historically we've supported students who sincerely object to military service on religious principles. "Franklin W. Wallin, president of Ear-Earlham College, said last week, adding that the college is the first to take such a stance...
...opposition to the arms race. Some liken the debate to the one over Harvard holdings in companies that work in South Africa--an area where student protests have secured a formal Harvard ban on investing in banks that make direct loans to the repressive Both regime. Harvard officials object that symbolic University gestures like divestiture actually strip Harvard of leverage over its holdings, an argument that can be expected to be transferred to the nuclear investments issue...