Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...preventing a vote on divestment, the formation of the new committee is designed to prevent Overseers from taking any initiative in University policy. Paranoid that the Corporation could lose the upper-hand in governing the University, President Bok and his associates in the administration are willing to sacrifice serious consideration of divestment on the altar of preserving the governing hierarchy...
Peter Vellucci, son of Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, is in his third term in the State House. To defeat token Republican opposition two years ago, the Cambridge representative spent $4000. But this time Vellucci says he will be in serious trouble unless he receives contributions totaling...
...some sense, we are trying to change the whole way of our life," Shmelyov said. "The changes in our country that are going on now are really serious, perhaps revolutionary," he said...
...Racism is a very serious problem in our city, and although Cambridge has a reputation of being a very enlightened place, the problem is a real one," said City Councillor David E. Sullilvan, who plans to testify at the hearing...
Washington and Islamabad then realized Moscow was serious about leaving Afghanistan, and with that certain points already agreed upon turned into problems. For example, in 1985 the U.S. promised to cut off aid to the rebels once the Soviets began to leave Afghanistan, provided their withdrawal was rapid enough. But now some U.S. officials and legislators felt such a move would leave the resistance dangerously exposed. Islamabad balked because the Geneva proposals did not make provisions for the removal of the Najibullah regime, the most important demand of the mujahedin...