Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Helms' opinion there is no viable alternative to the Shah, and thus the U.S. should do everything in its power to sustain him. Although Helms points no public fingers at past failures that produced the current upheaval, it is obvious that he finds Washington's response lethargic and uncomprehending. Not only would he get tough with the Russians, he would also be firm with the British, French and Germans, who have an immense stake in Middle East oil. The Israelis, too, have a huge interest in Iran and her oil; surely they could find a way to help...
Although I am not a Harvard student I felt that I have to write you and express my opinion. I am a 20-year old woman who is enraged by your recent refusal to print a Playboy ad for models in the Harvard Crimson. I consider your refusal to be absurd, puritanical and sexist...
...sort or another think they have chosen to go to school. Despite what the Admissions Office might say, and as our own experiences in innumerable petty situations will attest, Harvard is hardly just a liberal arts college. To act as if Harvard College equals Harvard University--and that undergraduate opinion and requirements should be satisfied above all else--is to choose to ignore part of Harvard's basic nature as a major scientific and research institution...
Whatever Klemesrud's point about the now supposedly mature state of the women's movement is meant to be, the impact of her far-fetched editorial opinion has to, in the short run, be masked by the format of her article. Many women, and many men, are outraged, and one editor of the magazine put in a furious call to editor Clay Felker to protest. "If they are going to start running that shit, they aren't going to see my stuff in the magazine any longer," he said. But people who know how to be properly outraged...
...opinion, the mention of the race in the article was very poor journalism. Leslie Walker...