Word: reproaching
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...union organizers bitterly charged that Harvard used underhanded tactics to stymie District 65's bid. The University's influence far exceeds that of District 65, and we hope its officials do not take advantage of this by harassing the union. Harvard's conduct should be beyond reproach, so that the workers are given the right to decide their status for themselves...
...almost everywhere shoved a clumsy and reluctant U.S. against the wall. "We feel," says Raymond Aron, the distinguished French student of Realpolitik, "that American power is in decline. It is that simple and that unfortunate." It is, for instance, one of Kissinger's views that Americans are beginning to reproach themselves and Carter because the U.S. did not take dramatic action to resolve the Iranian hostage crisis when it first occurred. The public wanted nothing done then, but now is blaming the President for failure to act against popular will. That may be another manifestation of what has gone wrong...
These teams have always had a handful of genuine stars, athletes whose talents are beyond reproach and whose performances rarely faltered. But the big area of improvement for the women has been depth. Those squads which are still a few years away have a solid nucleus but lack the depth in all positions to make a serious run at the title...
...Edgar S. Furniss's office every day" to inform on young faculty up for tenure. The physics department received the most extensive surveillance. Fairfield reported. The FBI approached Henry Margenau, a professor in the Physics Department and now Higgins Professor of Physics and Natural Philosophy Emeritus at Yale, to reproach him for speaking before the New Haven Youth Movement, a group with supposedly leftist leanings, Fairfield claimed. He noted that Margenau later nervously checked with the FBI every time he gave a speech before an unknown group...
Even so, Carter's presidential rivals were cautious about criticizing him. Kennedy did not utter a word of reproach. "Whatever our other differences," he said, "we are one nation in our commitment to the hostages, our concern for their families, and our sorrow for the brave men who gave their lives trying to rescue their fellow citizens." Ronald Reagan was equally restrained. Said he: "It is time for us as a nation and a people to stand united. It is a moment when words should be few and confined essentially to our prayers...