Word: responded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a win--especially a big one--players are eager to recall their exploits on the field or on the ice. After a loss--especially a big one--some players prefer to mumble, or not to respond...
...Others respond reluctantly. Some--the rare ones, the reporters' friends--talk at length despite the outcome. In the event of a loss, they're the ones you go to first...
When we heard of the Conservative Club's invitation to a representative of South African apartheid, we saw in it a moral imperative to respond by demonstrating the feeling of the Harvard community that support for apartheid is indefensible. As we discussed what action to take as a group, we deliberately committed ourselves to the principles of respecting Duke Kent-Brown's right of free speech. This principle was the guiding consideration and standared by which we formulated our plan. As we wrote in the letter of intent distributed at the time of the action, "we respect his right...
...believed that as our action was accompanied by a clear statement of our peaceful intent to protest without shutting down the speech, the deans and police would be able to respond reasonably and commensurably to this statement of our intent by our appointed negotiator, after which the speech would continue with our group sitting in silent protest at the sides of the stage...
...clear that the University planned to respond to any group movement in the room by whisking Kent-Brown out and ending the speech, without any attention to evaluating the nature or intent of the action. That they gave no attention to the actual magnitude of the "threat," that they in fact did not perceive the simple action of sitting in front of the doors as a hazard, is evidenced by the utter lack of attention to the group at the left door. Had the nature of our action been considered hazardous or dangerous, the group at the left door would...