Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surely, public figures have access to newspapers, magazines, television. Let the public decide. Let the court of public opinion decide...
...court of public opinion ruled in the case...
...University has responses for all of these issues. And disregarding the arguments about complete divestment, it is clear that the aCSR has been nothing more than a lightning rod. It simply diverts attention from the Corporation, misleading the community by implying that public opinion may be heeded. Moreover, one year after the ACSR voted to recommend that the Corporation divest completely, this year's ACSR, more than half of whom are newly appointed, voted last week to deviate from its recent stance in three major ways, all of which limit its scope of influence...
...ACSR was created to bolster the Corporation's image of concern for critical opinion. But Harvard must understand that maintaining that image depends upon being honest, and not making token gestures to the community. It must open up the ACSR to popular election and deal head-to-head with popular views...
...regulations. Rule 1 is that friendliness and even sexual intimacy do not automatically confer acceptance. Rule 2 is that the home team gets to suspend Rule 1 whenever it wants to flaunt its self- assurance. Cynthia Pickles, local ice princess and founder of Overview ("a journal of opinion for all sides"), coolly sleeps with Teeters, accepts his nuptial propositions but marries smooth, rich Jerry Chirouble. Pickles' underclass equivalent is Toby Snapper, a waitress whose services to Teeters include imitations of a pliant Cockney maid...