Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...allegations put forward are serious and deserve careful and thoughtful consideration. In evaluating these allegations, the representatives who met had vigorous and frank discussions about the material in question. It is then the purpose of this report to present a brief account of the issues in debate, an opinion of the arguments and material put forward and suggestions for the future...
...four represents at best an inexcusable ignorance of student preferences for living conditions and at worst a conscious and paternalistic disregard for student and worker input in general. Fox and other administrators decided the breakfast issue as though from an ivory tower, making little effort to ascertain student opinion on the subject--and so chose an unimaginative plan that almost no one likes...
This apalling point of tastelessness reached, I must insist that cooler heads prevail and public opinion be brought back into touch with the truth. Obviously, one cannot prevent misguided displays of enthusiasms, since in our society, truth cannot always be the arbiter of public taste. This must be accepted as one of democracy's drawbacks. However, at last count we considered ourselves among the more discriminating people on earth. With this standard to uphold I simply wish to inject a whisp of truth into the bloated reputation this man has acquired...
...Judge T.S. Frank of the N.Y. District Court issued an electrifying opinion in the case of Danny Gardella v. Commissioner of Baseball Chandler...
...This opinion struck the core of all subsequent reserve system disputes. Regardless of whether baseball depends on the reserve clause for its existence, and even if baseball players receive substantial wages, should the courts condone their exploitation and the infringement of their right to offer their services on the open market? Organized baseball, frightened by the prospect of legal defeat, offered the plaintiff $60,000 to settle out of court. Gardella dropped the charges, and the reserve rules remained unaltered...