Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of these evils had been going on for a long time, and some of the worst disasters apparently had nothing to do with human behavior. Yet this year's bout of freakish weather and environmental horror stories seemed to act as a powerful catalyst for worldwide public opinion. Everyone suddenly sensed that this gyrating globe, this precious repository of all the life that we know of, ^ was in danger. No single individual, no event, no movement captured imaginations or dominated headlines more than the clump of rock and soil and water and air that is our common home. Thus...
...Mission to Planet Earth, recommended by former astronaut Sally Ride, which would use NASA facilities to study the earth from space. In addition to improving knowledge of the earth's ills, an International Earthwatch Program could provide the basis for a widespread awareness-building campaign aimed at preparing public opinion for the sacrifices and life-style changes that will be necessary in the coming decades. Environmental education programs should be immediately introduced into schools and workplaces around the world, and government leaders should bring these issues into the heart of political debate...
...advantage. Whatever personnel and armaments Gorbachev withdraws from Europe could readily be returned in a time of crisis. Weinberger even contended that demobilization of Soviet troops is easily reversible: "In the Soviet Union you can turn a soldier into a peasant and back again in rapid order, without public opinion, parliament or editorial back talk...
Contrary to popular opinion, final club members are sensitive to the way other Harvard students feel about the issue of admitting to the clubs. Believe it or not, final club members are not all sexist men intent on continuing a tradition merely for the sake of doing so. Final club members are also progressive thinkers who are actively involved in and concerned about life at Harvard...
...West German public-opinion poll in late October showed that Gorbachev had a significantly higher approval rating than Reagan, 84% to 53%. The same survey found that just 24% of West Germans feared attack from the Soviet Union, compared with 46% five years earlier...