Word: rejection
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...reject the notion that there is an acceptable level of corruption. As a society, we must be committed to a policy of zero tolerance when it comes to official misconduct. Otherwise, its corrosive effort will undermine the very principle upon which this nation stands...
...example of Italy is the one that troubles Europeans most. In the midst of a soul-destroying political crisis, Italian voters reached not just to the right but to the spiritual descendants of Mussolini to rescue their nation. These new politicians reject any direct fascist connection. Today's National Alliance says it is not interested in the authoritarian leadership and bombastic nationalism of the old Fascists but in tougher jail sentences, job creation and limits on immigration...
...purpose of the U.N.'s founders was not to create a body that could be helpful at certain times. The U.N. was meant to be a binding commitment by major powers to reject force as a means of diplomacy. This commitment was to extend to small and large, weak and powerful...
...reject the deep-seated promptings of the diversity-crusaders so much as their methodology. I too would like the Harvard faculty to look a little bit less like the Elks club from some New Hampshire hamlet. But I am not so bent on this notion of diversity that I would be willing to short-circuit strictly meritocratic hiring procedures in order to bring it about...
...what could be a death blow for the push to move fall semester exams before winter break, Faculty Council members voted unanimously this week to reject the Undergraduate Council's calendar reform proposal...