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...state had argued that the students were a financial burden and that free education encouraged Mexicans to cross the border illegally. But the court held that Texas' interests were not "substantial" enough to outweigh unequal treatment. Citing "the importance of education in maintaining our basic institutions," Justice William Brennan said that Texas seemed to be promoting "a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare and crime...
...witnessing an accident. They just happened to be there. The Harvard Corporation, though, has many investment choices. As Bok points out, drawing the line in such cases is difficult. For example, how can a university decide what comprises "tainted" money or business practices? Sometimes, though, considerations of morality might outweigh considerations of consistency, to use a cost-benefit analysis. And because the Corporation has engaged itself (affirmatively) in certain companies, it might examine its "duties...
Such words babble up in all corners of society, wherever anybody is ax-grinding, arm-twisting, backscratching, sweet-talking. Political blather leans sharply to words (peace, prosperity) whose moving powers outweigh exact meanings. Merchandising depends on adjectives (new, improved) that must be continually recharged with notions that entice people to buy. In casual conversation, emotional stuffing is lent to words by inflection and gesture: the innocent phrase, "Thanks a lot," is frequently a vehicle for heaping servings of irritation. Traffic in opinion-heavy language is universal simply because most people, as C.S. Lewis puts it, are "more anxious to express...
...described the Middle East as a barbaric area, a place where ignorant subhumans engaged in terror. Stupid Khomeini jokes abounded, later replaced by equally nonsensical remarks about Qaddafi. Little objectivity and understanding have been shed on the region by a people whose country's financial and strategic interests often outweigh local concerns of Middle Easterners. The Carter Doctrine--whose sole purpose is to protect American interests in the Middle East, with force if necessary, despite their implications--stands as a case in point. In such a climate, then, it's surprising when an American-written report on the Palestinian problem...
...similarities between Viet Nam and El Salvador far outweigh the differences. The enormous infusion of money; the support given to a corrupt government that, like its opposition, uses atrocities to accomplish its objectives; American advisers attempting to train a ramshackle, ragtag army; and Washington debates about whether or not American ground troops will be needed to win. It's all much too familiar and, more to the point, irritating to the deep national wounds that have barely stopped oozing...