Word: option
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taken, risks that would lead, if not to peace, then very possibly to war. If Sadat did not succeed, he would lose all credibility within the Arab world. He would be left with one option, and the Israelis knew that the Egyptian President was fully prepared for that bloody alternative. Said Henry Kissinger this week: "It will take a monumental mess-up to derail Sadat's initiative. But if it fails, there will...
...like to express appreciation and support to Chuck Fraser for his recent article, "Coming Out", in the December 6 issue of The Crimson. As a gay woman, I have shared many of his experiences in a slightly different context. Several years ago, I, too, realized that the only possible option for dealing with my sexuality in an essentially oppressive society was honesty. Engaging in the continual process of coming out to family, friends and new acquaintances in changing environments is not always easy, but it is far preferable to living out the lies of a closeted existence...
...well-trained army. Roughly half of Syria's forces are either keeping the peace in Lebanon or guarding the tense frontier with Iraq. Libya and Iraq have plenty of Russian equipment to offer the confrontation states, but neither country borders on Israel. As for the Palestinians, their only option is sporadic terrorism directed against 1) moderate Arab states or 2) Israeli border communities. The latter choice almost invariably leads to savage reprisals...
...real point is a democratic principle: if a majority of students want a checkoff on their term bill for PIRG or any other organization, that alone is sufficient cause for instituting it." Whereas I would be swayed by this argument if the issue were a 'positive checkoff', i.e., an option on the term bill whereby each student may elect to check a space indicating his support for PIRG and adding the due, I challenge a system whereby a so-inclined student must actively indicate his non-support of the organization...
Yale officials justify the reduction in work hours by saying that in the dining halls, part-time workers are often more productive than full-time employees. But the real reason the university wants to keep open its option to hire part-timers is financial: following a $6 million budget deficit last year, administrators claim Yale must now hold the line on costs. And of course, hiring more full-time workers would simply cost more...