Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been very negative and critical of the Faculty Council's decision to refer discipline, y actions involving the recent protests at 17 Quincy Street and Lowell House to the CRR, and of the CRR itself. From conversations with individual students, however, a much more varied range of students opinion becomes apparent. A large number of the students that we have talked with feel, along with us, that there are not inherent problems with the CRR. They have no objection to the CRR's existence as it is now constituted, to students serving on the committee...
...cause that bother me. Just like the issue of civil rights for American Blacks at the '68 Olympics, the issue of apartheid is something that calls for stand-taking. The South African government deserves all the pressure that can be brought upon it, and in my opinion, that includes divestment by multi-national corporations doing business there. A symbolic gesture? Maybe. But I happen to be a firm believer in the power of symbolism...
...month-old military draft. The move, coming only a week after imposition of a U.S. trade embargo against Nicaragua, was interpreted by some as a potential peace offering from the Sandinistas to a hostile Reagan Administration. Others preferred to see it as a propaganda ploy, aimed at influencing opinion on Capitol Hill...
...Germany to full international legitimacy. To have backed away from Bitburg, in his view, would have been to falter in that quest. The Chancellor was also acutely aware that a change in plans seemingly dictated by Washington would have opened him to a charge of weak leadership. One public- opinion poll taken at the height of the controversy showed 72% of West German adults surveyed thought the visit should go forward...
...University have the right to press for action on matters of concern by an appropriate means. The University must affirm, assure, and protect the rights of its members to organize and join political associations, convene and conduct public meetings, publicly demonstrate and picket in orderly fashion, advocate, and publicize opinion by print, sign, and voice...