Word: partiality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mary Stokes '78, a member of the committee on Women's Studies, said yesterday that it is unfortunate that the CUE did not endorse the whole proposal because "it is clear to us in the committee that there is a need for action," but that even a partial recommendation is "a positive step...
DESPITE THE rich musical offerings and exuberant performance, there were two problems with Liebermen's performance. The first was her partial disregard of the intricate lyrics of Kushnick's songs. Kushnick attaches a great deal of importance to the words of his compositions; they deserve similar consideration from the performer. Another source of annoyance was an emotional self-indulgence and slight preoccupation with exhibiting "sensitivity" during the remarks between songs. Yet through all this, the music and its energy prevailed...
Lupo clearly is partial to White and to the hard-nosed liberal politics of pragmatism that White practices. That partisanship unfortunately blinds Lupo to some of White's flaws and leads to some questionable assertions--that White's national aspirations were killed by his stance during the busing crisis rather than by the allegations of corruption made during the White-Timilty mayoral race. And Lupo prefers not to dwell on the way Garrity has taken control of the Boston school system, removing it from the jurisdiction of the Board of Education and White's office...
Desai also changed India's foreign policy at a stroke. He made it clear that while remaining officially nonaligned, India will now be far less partial toward the Soviet Union than it has been in the past. The Indo-Soviet treaty of 1971, he said, would not be allowed to stand in the way of friendship "with any other state." And if it did, he added, the treaty "must be dissolved." He rejected outright any notion of a domestic political alliance with the Moscow-leaning Communist Party of India. "I don't want a Trojan horse," he said...
Under the Burger Court, access to the federal courthouse door is very gradually but steadily being restricted for activists seeking social change. Citing the increasing workload as a partial reason, the Burger Court has employed a variety of devices to cut back: raising procedural difficulties for plaintiffs, eliminating some fees awarded to lawyers, and demanding that civil rights advocates prove a discriminatory intent in cases of racial segregation. The Supreme Court has also insisted that more constitutional claims be heard by state rather than federal courts...