Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem of such magnitude involving the future of China should not be determined by any individual's tenure of office or someone's personal opinion but by the free will of all the Chinese people...
...Federal District Court Judge Jack Tanner in Tacoma. The latest decision may influence three pending comparable-worth cases in California and New York, involving approximately 96,000 workers. Opponents of comparable worth, which President Reagan once called "a cockamamie idea," were gleeful. "There isn't a single valid court opinion now upholding the concept," said William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General for civil rights. For Jerry Jasinowski, executive vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers, the ruling reaffirmed economic principles: "You cannot ignore the marketplace when deciding how much to pay an employee who fills a particular...
...issue will be taken up again at next Monday night's regularly scheduled city council meeting when officials could reverse their decision. But sponsors of the November opinion poll say they are exploring legal ways to bring the issue before the city's voters if the council doesn't change its mind...
...wherever it wishes. In the case of South Africa today, or even in the case of U.S. policy toward that country today, Harvard simply is not that important. But if Harvard cannot have a "policy" on South Africa, that does not release it from the obligation to register an "opinion" on the matter. If we decide to remain involved in South Africa, whether through "intensive dialogue," proxy votes, or any other means, we are registering an opinion that we at least partially condone the apartheid system. If we divest, we will not, as the so-called pragmatists will undoubtedly charge...
...future CUE Guides are truly to reflect student opinion, then the books must be run with minimal official interference. Anything more--in particular scare tactics which amount to censorship--defeats the Guide's purpose. But if administrators again want to hide Harvard from its own shadow, cancellation seems the only realistic alternative. It would certainly be the only honest...