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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Right now, campus liberals really don't deserve to be called liberals. They should be called non-liberal, anti-conservative, or something like that. To regain their name, they must reevaluate their attitude toward debate and reconsider the tactics they find acceptable to further their goals. They must accept diversity of opinion, and they must listen to and understand what their foes have...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Illiberal Liberals | 4/26/1986 | See Source »

...United States has ignored Lebanon for too long and must increase its support for the nation if it wants to regain its credibility in the Middle East, a former high-ranking Lebanese diplomat told a Harvard audience last night...

Author: By Sara O. Vargas, | Title: Lebanese Diplomat Faults U.S. Middle East Policy | 4/24/1986 | See Source »

Whatever the outcome, the Marcos legal miasma may become the lead case in an emerging area of jurisprudence that might be called deposed-dictator law. Many of the same problems arose in the effort by Iran to regain the wealth of the exiled Shah, but the hostage seizure abruptly ended any American interest in recognizing Iranian claims. As for the Haitian government's effort to recover an estimated $400 million to $800 million in the overseas assets of ex-Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, the Reagan Administration two weeks ago promised its cooperation. But that legal effort has been moving slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The International Treasure Hunt | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

ONCE THE COMPARISON is made between the lonely people living in a small boarding house and the pitifully dispirited turtles, all that is left is to witness the two thieves' metamorphosis, of course, never overstated. After Neara and Snow regain their long-lost youthful courage by plotting the theft, Snow turns to Harriet one day in their bookshop and compliments her on her dress. No emotional plea, or philosophic soliloquy. Just a couple of kind words and a coy blush from Harriet...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: By the Seashore | 3/21/1986 | See Source »

Because the university wanted to regain the "trust" of the student body, according to one official, ombudsman John W. Dewire has launched his own investigation into the incident. This "independent review" has questioned students as well as policemen...

Author: By W. ROBERT Genieser, | Title: Fan Violence Sparks Cornell Report | 3/1/1986 | See Source »

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