Word: silbering
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...answer may lie in the case of a Boston University student who had the misfortune of getting into a fight with the now-infamous John R. Silber. In 1986, Yusef Abramowitz lived in one of B.U.'s many student dormitories. Concerned about the university's South African holdings, he put a poster advocating divestment in his window...
...most, the "B.U. Divest" sign seemed innocuous. But not to Silber. Every time the loose-lipped administrator turned around to admire the view, the offending message called out to Silber like a blight on the landscape. Bruce Springsteen posters and foreign flags were one thing, but posters criticizing the university were quite another...
...cares about Boston and his continued attention to the affairs of the city is a great reassurance to its citizens," Silber said in a statement. "The concerns of Mayor Flynn are shared by all the people of Boston...
...other Democratic candidates for the nomination, Jack Flood and John Silber, are far more conservative than their colleagues on the issue. They are also far more behind in the polls. It would be fallacious, however, to correlate their conservative opinions on abortion to their poor poll showings...
Flood is a virtual no-name, a newcomer whose political time has yet to come, if ever. Silber's low poll numbers do not even have to be explained. Nevertheless, abortion will get its share--probably the majority--of debate at the Democratic convention, as well as throughout the entire campaign season...