Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assistant director of the Boston Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has refused to sign a long-awaited report on Harvard's compliance with affirmative action guidelines, claiming that it does not reflect a verbal summary he received from its authors...
...these complaints, which have reached a crescendo in the final days of the campaign, do not entirely fit the facts. Further, they reflect a lack of historical perspective, and a misconception about how the American political system operates at its best...
...claimed, erroneously, that Brown had been "reprimanded"-a severe step in dealing with high military officers. The general was not even given a personal presidential scolding. much less a formal reprimand. Carter said merely that Ford should have issued a quicker clarification that Brown's statements did not reflect U.S. policy...
Even before its opening in 1962, the management of Lincoln Center was calling it "the finest musical instrument in America." Philharmonic Hall was indeed something to behold-especially the gold mohair seats and the 136 acoustical clouds designed by Leo L. Beranek to hang from the ceiling and reflect the sound. Alas, the $17.7 million hall was something else to hear-strident, cold, weak in bass. In succeeding years, a series of four acoustical repair jobs (total cost: $2.5 million) were made, culminating in the replacement of the entire ceiling in 1969. But to little avail...
...statements during the campaign, and the dearth of specific proposals. He has not presented a comprehensive program, nor can one be comfortably pieced together from stray comments and rhetoric. But most importantly, we do not have a clear Carter philosophy. His record since his Georgia days does not reflect a consistent philosophy, but political opportunism. He now denies his support for George Wallace in 1972. The size of his defense cut has shrunk. His stand on the Panama Canal is a reaction to the conservative opinion Reagan mobilized and not a part of a coherent foreign policy. Yugoslavia, busing, abortion...