Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration of Harvard forgotten this value which we all, we thought, hold so important? Typically, those who assume to limit our basic civil liberties have offered reasons such as public health, national security, or domestic tranquility to convince us to accept their measures. The feeble reason the administration offers: concern about the Yard's appearance...
...University should fully divest if diplomatic tactics fail. There is no reason for Harvard to associate with a company whose practices are unethical. While South Africa was never any different, Harvard now has a second chance to use its wealth and influence for good, and it should...
Tuchman's view of history is gravely classical. She is a tragedian who mounts the past against the fixed backdrop of human nature. Reason and goodwill exist but are like the stars in the heavens: flashes of enlightenment separated by vast expanses of darkness. "Halfway 'between truth and endless error,' " she concludes, "the mold of the species is permanent...
...rabbis willing to bypass tradition? Some cite humanitarian reasons. Rabbi Fredric Dworkin of Leonia, N.J., first broke ranks 20 years ago, when an obese Jewish woman who had experienced difficulty finding a mate pleaded, "This might be my only chance at happiness." A more common argument is presented by Rabbi Richard Schachet, whose Chatsworth, Calif., synagogue consists almost entirely of the intermarried. "Every Jew who is turned away is a potential loss," he says. While opponents see intermarriages as a threat to Jewish survival, rabbis who perform them reason that the couples will wed anyway and a friendly approach...
...creaking knee, Jackie Joyner-Kersee won her heptathlon with a world- record demonstration of tossing and turning. "I'm sure I'm tired," she said, "but for some reason . . ." Before moving on to this week's long jump, she paused only to smile. "I'm blessed," she said. "You just don't know. To be able to reach for something you've been striving for for a long time. I feel good." Showing twice as much leg as usual, the whirlwind Florence Griffith Joyner won her 100, and if she missed her record she hardly cared. History's hurdler, Edwin...