Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although I tell myself I shouldn't be, I am also disappointed that I have not published more opinion pieces. Make no mistake about it, I did write a lot of editorials. But most of them became deleted files. I was concerned I was not saying anything new, important of particularly enlightening...
...viewpoint. "Perhaps Hsia has never been called 'chink' and felt shame." No, I have been subjected to racial slurs; though I never felt ashamed by them. My emotions ran closer to anger or condescension. I am not ashamed of being a minority. Nor am I ashamed of my opinion of minority organizations. The two statements are not contradictory...
Beyond that, patience may be the soundest tactic. Noriega's intransigence is not the only problem. The Panamanian people, though exercised last week by Noriega's outright contempt for popular opinion, cannot be counted on to remain in the streets. They have mounted sizable protests twice before over the past two years, only to retreat back into their comfortable homes. "What we need here is 20 good Korean students," a U.S. official wryly notes. "The people ((in Panama)) seldom put it on the line." Frustrated as they may be, middle-class Panamanians have not suffered the misery that galvanized Filipinos...
...might think, Washington would have wised up. Again and again, Mikhail Gorbachev has grabbed headlines and impressed world opinion by making catchy, if often propagandistic, arms-control offers. So it would behoove any American official who sits down with the Soviet leader to be prepared for surprises -- preferably with a fresh and appealing U.S. initiative...
...Harvard. To help me resolve this issue, I feel that I should be able to turn to The Crimson's news page for a simple reporting of the facts. If the editors wish to take a stance, please do so in the section of the paper normally reserved for opinion. Otherwise you might as well admit your bias and turn the circulation of your paper over to the activists to distribute along with other anti-ROTC literature. Andrew Clubok...