Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...majority's confused view, is a requisite of civil disobedience. The idea that University administrators are to blame for not taking the offensive and actively securing Kent-Brown's right to speak is ludicrous. As members of the Ad Board hear cases stemming from the protest, they should reflect upon their obligation to defend this community's principles against those who seek to constrain the range of views that can be expressed here. Steven L. Ascher David S. Graham Michael J. Lartigue Steven L. Lichtman Michael D. Nolan Jeffrey S. Nordhaus Gary D. Rowe
Such statements reflect a new confidence on the part of the Sandinista leadership. Until now it has been standard practice to downplay rebel attacks, so as not to enhance the contras' standing inside Nicaragua. The admissions that contra disruptions are taking place suggest the comandantes no longer feel intimidated either by the rebels or, for that matter, by the Reagan Administration. For years the comandantes steadfastly denied that they paid attention to Washington's every move. Now they are less bashful. President Ortega, for instance, candidly admits that he watches U.S. television newscasts daily, and has followed the Iran-contra...
...plunging oil prices, a crushing $100 billion foreign debt and a sharply devalued peso. The crisis has forced the ruling party to impose tough austerity measures that have strained party loyalty. Suddenly the political vogue in P.R.I. circles is to speak of "democratization" and "liberalization," code words that reflect popular pressure for a more open electoral process...
Such a system--where everyone pays a percentage of his income to the professional school which trained him--would be much more fair than the current one. The cost of a credential should reflect its market value. Why should Harvard subsidize yuppies? If the University received what its products were worth, it could afford to give more scholarships, transfer more money to the schools that are usually slighted, such as the Divinity School or the Education School, and raise the salaries of junior faculty...
...group number 330 lists Lowell first and Lowell is full, rooming group 330 is bypassed until all other rooming groups have been went through a slightly different lottery process--they did not know their numbers before "choosing" their houses. But the three house names on their applications did not reflect their true choices either...