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...RESTRAINT shown by Harvard students during William Coors' recent visit to the University did not prove Harvard students' commitment to free speech. Tight security made any potential disruption of Coors' address impossible. Bags and jackets were searched by police, twenty Conservative Club marshalls stalked the hall and video cameras filmed the audience in order to intimidate would-be protesters. There is no way to know whether or not activists would have interfered with the address in the absence of these measures, but recent history suggests that they would have...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: Dissenting Opinion | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

...campus protests the Coors speech with restraint, Harvard not only will declare its opposition to racism and antiunionism, but also will prove its support for the right of every individual to speak without fear of intimidation...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: CAMPUS CRITIC | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...population. Straight men and women in some cases do not believe it, in some cases do not want to believe it. But barring the development of a vaccine, swingers of all persuasions may sooner or later be faced with the reality of a new era of sexual caution and restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Chill: Fear of AIDS | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...burden if the mark stops rising. Giersch voiced fears that pay increases could cut profits, dampen investment and lift the inflation rate to 3%. He suggested that Bonn should strike a deal with the labor unions, in which the government would cut taxes by 5% in exchange for wage restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Recovery Keeps Rolling | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...imports were subject to some form of government limitation. Now the total is 40% and, observes Aho, the "tendency is definitely for more." On the other hand, Claude Barfield, coordinator of trade policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, lauds the Administration for its continuing antiprotectionist restraint in the face of pressure to enact much more sweeping measures. The latest White House trade initiative, he points out, is a "balancing act between politics and economics. They've played this game with a fair amount of success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Socking It to Imports | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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