Word: profess
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...women, and it is this example that must be followed. Final clubs do not admit women and therefore, by definition, are sexist, a gradual integration of women into the clubs is a good and necessary thing. However, now is not the time for those pseudo-idealists who profess a fundamental "opposition" to all the world's evils, to jump on the Pi Ett condemnation bandwagon in order to "expose" harmful sexism campus-wide. Such a move is not constructive. Instead, let the outrageous act stand alone as an example and a lesson for the Harvard community...
...press through proposed programs such as the licensing of reporters and the establishing of a code of conduct for journalists. Western nations have also accused UNESCO's bloated bureaucracy of preferring the comforts and generous tax-free salaries of Paris to the rigors of the underdeveloped nations they profess to serve...
Nations that profess nonalignment supported the U.S. only 19% of the time. Perhaps most disturbing was the fact that despite the Soviets' occupation of Afghanistan and their downing of a Korean passenger jet, the U.S. was the only major country singled out for criticism by name in the last session (in resolutions criticizing Washington's ties with Israel and South Africa). Such American isolation is hardly new, says Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. "The pattern of what might be called the U.S. in the minority," Kirkpatrick notes, "has persisted now for about two decades...
...must meet head-on the disturbing trends toward pacifism and neutralism in their countries. These movements are led by people of conviction; they cannot be defused by accommodation. They can only be resisted with a compelling vision of a new future. If European governments continue to humor those who profess to see the danger to the peace in a bellicose America, not an intransigent Soviet Union, they will find themselves making concession after concession and will become hostages of their critics...
...name is Daimon Paine, and the students at the Dudley Co-ops profess a universal affection for their visitor. "He's witty, knows a lot about what's going on, and has an interesting perspective on the world, from someone you wouldn't expect [to have] that kind of insight," says Susan M. Minter '84, president of the Dudley...