Word: quest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political issue but a moral question on which world survival depends. In light of this, our attitudes and our systems of government must change. Even if we were to rid ourselves of nuclear weapons but kept our attitudes, we would create new ways to destroy ourselves in our quest for security...
...expanding his approach. Armed with a three-coil device, Cabrera expects to record as many as 100 events in a year. Says Harvard Physicist Sheldon Glashow: "If Cabrera is right, this will be one of the most important physics discoveries in this century. It's been a long quest...
Though the GSA was correct in angrily dismissing Pattullo's outlook and circulating a petition to that effect, it erred seriously in calling for an official investigation of the academic practices of the center Pattullo heads. We have traditionally supported the GSA's quest for an official University-wide non-discrimination policy and have strongly backed the group's political activities--stances we took because gay students deserve the same civil liberties enjoyed by all others. The group's defensive call for an inquisition into the scholastic behavior of Pattullo and the center would intolerantly undermine others' liberties and academic...
...vast majority of students oppose the PLO. And if this year's GSA quiescence suggests anything, it is that much of this campus now supports its gay members drive for equality and toleration. The divergent views of a lone individual will not harm either came. Support for Israel's quest for peaceful existence without the PLO and gay students quest for normal lives without governments that discourage their lifestyles, are, in my view, correct. But the popularity of one view is no reason to silence competing ideas--only to seek to rebut them...
...Lakian now wants to join their ranks. Just two months ago, his claim to fame was simply being president of Fort Hill Company, a Westwood investment firm. Today, he is the leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. Never involved in "public service" he has, in his quest so far, embarrassed men whose years in the business should have afforded them a much greater advantage...