Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greed and self-interest as the centerpiece of his Administration, and he now bids the American voters to ratify this vision. That he is apparently successful is testimony only to the genial Californian's skillful use of television to sway Americans from their fundamental generosity of spirit. We profoundly reject Ronald Reagan's vision of America. And it is in the hopes of providing a forceful alternative to his ideology of selfishness that we enthusiastically back his opponent for the Presidency, Walter F. Mondale...
...after year have called for institutional and municipal divestments, and who have been tortured, imprisoned and even murdered for this conviction, to know that President Bok and the eight white males of the Corporation stand alone in their hypocrisy, that the expressed will of the Harvard community is to reject sharing in the profits gained from the misery and exploitation of their people. We want the leaders of Black South Africa to know that just as we have won with the ACSR we are winning with the Corporation. Harvard must and will divest. It is only a matter of time...
...assuming the Walters' woeful tone was aimed at the respective campaigns, two glaring facts work against her self-righteous pronouncement. This winnowing of the prospective panelists was perfectly justified under the agreed-upon terms of the debate. Just as in jury selection, both sides were given a chance to reject persons they felt were unfavorable to their cause. An adequate solution would have been merely to continue submission of candidates until four were chosen. Furthermore, it's completely unclear which campaign did most of the rejecting. Perhaps one of the other did the majority, but Walters' statement lambasted both candidates...
...Africa. But a new survey conducted among black production workers in eight South African industrial areas suggests that the campaign is opposed by those it is meant to help. The study, financed by the U.S. State Department, shows that, despite a growing sense of political anger, black workers overwhelmingly reject the withdrawal of U.S. capital as a way to force change in South Africa's official policy of racial separation...
...baffled his closest followers by never once visiting the state of Israel. In the U.S., he created the progressive, or "Modern," wing of Orthodoxy by synthesizing tradition and contemporary culture; but paradoxically for Soloveitchik, now that Orthodoxy is well established in the U.S.,* it tends increasingly to reject his outlook and retreat behind sectarian walls...