Word: safely
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...Republic, Henry Louis Gates Jr. indicated how such censorship in fact can have unexpected consequences; for example, during the time that a hate speech code was in force at the University of Michigan every student charged under the code was Black; regulation did not create a "safe harbor...
...former Navy helicopter pilot who had a long, safe career, I am incensed at the tragedy in which U.S. military planes shot down two friendly helicopters over Iraq's no-fly zone ((IRAQ, April 25)). I have many questions, but chief among them are, How can an interceptor justify shooting someone down without prior verbal warning? What was the visual-I.D. training that the pilots received? Have the tremendous budget cuts caused a reduction in the readiness and capability of our military? This is one of the more serious military accidents we have experienced in recent years. There...
Asked about Hyde's about-face, a spokesman for the Illinois State Rifle Association said, "It is safe to say anyone who voted for the ban is someone we'll be looking to replace." Hyde says he has already been handed a picture of Hitler, compared to Marshall Petain and accused of betraying his oath. The experience has made him wonder whether "people can honestly change their minds and still be fellow citizens and deserve space on this planet." The N.R.A. will let him know...
Special envoys are in motion, and humanitarian organizations are pleading for the creation of safe havens for refugees inside Rwanda. But the example of Bosnia's safe areas encourages no one, and the only aid being delivered is to the vast new camps across Rwanda's borders in Tanzania and Burundi. At the U.N., there is only a vague hope for a cease-fire. "We are at a loss to know what to do," says an Asian delegate. The butchery is "inhuman, ghastly," says U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda David Rawson. Still, says another State Department official, "it's not that...
...mind is open." The rising cost of health care, he says, makes him wonder "whether we have encouraged, because of the tax code, too much health coverage . . . Cadillac coverage when we ought to be aiming for Chevrolet coverage." Senator Tom Daschle, the South Dakota Democrat, acknowledged that "it's safe to say that we won't allow a sky's-the-limit tax exclusion." And a top adviser to President Clinton predicted "a cap on the tax subsidy for upper-income people." Union leaders are on the alert. "We thought we had beaten this idea of taxing benefits...